Three Women
<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER * #1 <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE NEXT PICK</b><br /> <br /><b>Named a Best Book of the Year: <i>The Washington Post</i> * NPR * <i>The Atlantic </i>* New York Public Library * <i>Vanity Fair</i> * PBS * <i>Time</i> * <i>Economist </i>* <i>Entertainment Weekly </i>* <i>Financial Times </i>* Shelf Awareness * <i>Guardian </i>* <i>Sunday Times</i> * BBC * <i>Esquire </i>* <i>Good Housekeeping </i>* <i>Elle </i>* <i>Real Simple * </i>And more than twenty additional outlets</b><br /> <br /><b>“Staggeringly intimate...Taddeo spent eight years reporting this groundbreaking book.” —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /> <br /><b>“A breathtaking and important book…What a fine thing it is to be enthralled by another writer’s sentences. To be stunned by her intellect and heart.” —Cheryl Strayed</b><br /> <br /><b>“Extraordinary...This is a nonfiction literary masterpiece...I can't remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as <i>Three Women</i>.” —Elizabeth Gilbert</b><br /> <br /><b>“A revolutionary look at women's desire, this feat of journalism reveals three women who are carnal, brave, and beautifully flawed.” —<i>People </i>(Book of the Week)</b><br /> <br /><b>A riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting.</b><br /><br />Lina, a young mother in suburban Indiana whose marriage has lost its passion, reconnects with an old flame through social media and embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student in North Dakota, allegedly engages in a relationship with her married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial turns their quiet community upside down. Sloane, a successful restaurant owner in an exclusive enclave of the Northeast, is happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women.<br /> <br />Hailed as “a dazzling achievement” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>) and “a riveting page-turner that explores desire, heartbreak, and infatuation in all its messy, complicated nuance” (<i>The </i><i>Washington Post</i>), Lisa Taddeo’s <i>Three Women</i> has captivated readers, booksellers, and critics—and topped bestseller lists—worldwide. Based on eight years of immersive research, it is “an astonishing work of literary reportage” (<i>The </i><i>Atlantic</i>) that introduces us to three unforgettable women—and one remarkable writer—whose experiences remind us that we are not alone.