The Female Persuasion – Meg Wolitzer
A narrative largely centred around power, The Female Persuasion explores the moral balance between those who hold and control it, and those who bear it, and inherit it.
As the title suggests, the novel follows several main characters on their journey into adulthood, and places them within a generational evolution of female empowerment. However throughout the book, feminism is used not just as a political lens to analyse their motives, but rather to highlight their individual and respective struggles of self vs society.
Greer Kadetsky
Initially cast as a studious but shy college student, Greer finds herself tossed into a whirlwind of social life no longer solely entwined with facts, but also opinions, ethics, and uncertainty.
This effect is accentuated as she navigates her wa...