The Female Persuasion

A Novel

By: Meg Wolitzer

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

A New York Times Bestseller

“A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the much-needed female lens." —Bustle

“Ultra-readable.” —Vogue

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be.

To be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world.

Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer—madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can’t quite place—feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she’d always imagined.

Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It’s a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

No new ahas

characters not unique or well defined. the fact that in chapter 7+ city cited was pronounce Quita rather than Quito really annoyed me specially since that city is my birthplace

Enjoyable

The best part of this book was the way it was written. It really was written beautifully. The story was good but not sure if I would recommend to others. The narration was fabulous.

Great but at times hard to follow

The story gets a little difficult to follow at times since it goes back and fills in details about a person or an event, but overall it was great.

Beautiful Narration

I love a good Meg Wolitzer story, and this one didn’t disappoint. The narrator did an excellent job of capturing all the characters and delivering the story in a truthful, moving way that was true to the text. I was sad when it was over!

To predictable.

Would NOT have read it if I wasn't leading a book discussion about it. Not terrible but mediocre.