Three Women (book)

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Three Women
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First edition cover
Author Lisa Taddeo
Audio read by Tara Lynne Barr [1]
Marin Ireland [1]
Mena Suvari [1]
Lisa Taddeo [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Human female sexuality
Publisher Avid Reader Press
Publication date
July 9, 2019
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages320
ISBN 978-1-4516-4229-2
306.7082
LC Class HQ801 .T2233 2019

Three Women is a 2019 non-fiction book by Lisa Taddeo. It is her debut book and was published on July 9, 2019, by Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It covers the sexual and emotional lives of three women from different backgrounds and regions of the United States. It debuted at number one on The New York Times non-fiction best sellers list and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Summary

The book covers the sexuality of three women: Lina, a suburban Indiana mother whose teenage rape disrupts the course of her life; Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student in North Dakota who becomes entangled in an illegal affair with her married English teacher; and Sloane, a successful restaurant owner in the Northeast whose husband likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. Taddeo spent eight years writing the book, driving across the country six times to embed herself in the lives of the three women. [2]

Publication

Three Women was published on July 9, 2019, by Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [2]

Three Women debuted at number one on The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction best-sellers list on July 28, 2019. [3] It spent eleven weeks on the list. [4]

The book also debuted at number two on The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-sellers list on July 28, 2019. [5] It spent eleven weeks on the list. [6]

Television series

In July 2019, Showtime gave a series commitment to a television adaptation of the book. [7] In July 2021, the project gave production a series order with Shailene Woodley starring and Taddeo as executive producer. [8] In February 2023, the series was moved to Starz. [9]

Reception

At the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, the book received a cumulative "Positive" rating based on 29 reviews: 12 "Rave" reviews, 6 "Positive" reviews, 9 "Mixed" reviews, and 2 "Pan" reviews. [10]

In June 2020 it won the narrative non-fiction book of the year at the British Book Awards. [11]

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References

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  8. Andreeva, Nellie (July 22, 2021). "Shailene Woodley To Star In 'Three Women' Drama Series Greenlighted By Showtime". Deadline Hollywood .
  9. Goldberg, Lesley (February 7, 2023). "'Three Women,' Starring Shailene Woodley, Finds New Home at Starz (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. "Three Women". Book Marks . Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  11. Flood, Alison (June 30, 2020). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2020.