Ten Women

De: Marcela Serrano, Beth Fowler - translator

Narrado por: Marisol Ramirez

"Listening to stories gives you many lives, telling them dims loneliness." (Marcela Serrano)

Nine Chilean women from vastly different backgrounds have been brought together by their beloved therapist, Natasha, to talk about their lives and help each other heal. From a teenage computer whiz confronting her sexual identity, to a middle-aged recluse who prefers the company of her dog over that of most humans, the women don’t have much in common on the surface. And yet as they tell their stories, unlikely common threads are discovered, bonds are formed, and lives are transformed. The women represent the many cultural, racial, and social groups that modern Chile is composed of - from housekeeper to celebrity television personality - and together their stories form a pastiche that is at times achingly sad, and at other times funny and inspiring. This is an intricately woven, beautifully rendered tale of the universal bonds between women from one of Latin America’s most celebrated novelists.

©2011 Marcela Serrano (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. English translation © 2014 by Beth Fowler. Epigraph from “Here” by Wisława Szymborska translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh, published in the collection Here, reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Not my kind of book

It does illustrate once again that no matter where you live, people are similar in the life struggles they bear.

Somewhat Depressing

I don't usually read this type of book, but I gave it a try. It was hard going and a little depressing for me. The stories were good and characters were very unique and believable. But it didn't do anything for me. I stuck with it to the end and was thankful when it was over.

Ten Women, Ten Stories

This isn't so much a novel as it is a series of 10 stories about 10 women, 9 of whom are under the care of one therapist in Chile. The therapist is the 10th woman. The premise is that they are all participating in some kind of group therapy where they share their past histories with each other. The stories really aren't connected but I did find most of them interesting.

very thoughtful and endearing read

great story and performance.
really enjoying the world books. the perspective is new and refreshing

Difficult format for me

I found the format difficult for me because it seemed to lack a cohesiveness for the story. The book is done with separately told stories each comprising one chapter. While a theme is developed in their experiences I missed a more specific tying together of the experience.