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Author:

Ahern, Cecelia, 1981- author.

Title:

Roar / Cecelia Ahern.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 273 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Women--Fiction.
Short stories.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Feminism--Fiction.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections

Notes:

First published by HarperCollins UK in October 2018. "Thirty stories. One roar"--Cover.

Contents:

The woman who roared. The woman who was kept on the shelf -- The woman who grew wings -- The woman who was fed by a duck -- The woman who found bite marks on her skin -- The woman who thought her mirror was broken -- The woman who was swallowed up by the floor and who met lots of other women down there, too -- The woman who ordered the seabass special -- The woman who ate photographs -- The woman who forgot her name -- The woman who had a ticking clock -- The woman who sowed seeds of doubt -- The woman who returned and exchanged her husband -- The woman who lost her common sense -- The woman who walked in her husband's shoes -- The woman who was a featherbrain -- The woman who wore her heart on her sleeve -- The woman who wore pink -- The woman who blew away -- The woman who had a strong suit -- The woman who spoke woman -- The woman who found the world in her oyster -- The woman who guarded gonads -- The woman who was pigeonholed -- The woman who jumped on the bandwagon -- The woman who smiled -- The woman who thought the grass was greener on the other side -- The woman who unraveled -- The woman who cherry-picked -- The woman who roared.

Summary:

"Cecelia Ahern gives us thirty stories, all titled 'The Woman Who...', that capture the different facets of women's lives. Humorous, moving and poignant, the stories capture the moments the characters are overwhelmed by guilt, confusion, frustration, intimidation, exhaustion -- the private moments when they feel the need to roar"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781538730966
1538730960

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048443801

LCCN:

2018952140

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