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Good Woman: A Reckoning
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A Most Anticipated Book Of 2026 By Ms. Magazinea Raw And Lyrical Exploration Of The Confining Expectations Of Womanhood And, If We Dare, What Lies Beyond Those LimitationsFrom A Writer Roxane Gay Calls Vibrant And Thoughtful.Gorgeous, Badass, And Practically Waiting To Pounce, Good Woman: A Reckoning Is Acclaimed Essayist Savala NolanS FollowUp To Her Standout Collection (New York Times Book Review) DonT Let It Get You Down.A Lifetime Of Playing By The Rules Of Female Social Conditioning Is Not What ItS Cracked Up To Be For Nolan. The Years Of Making Herself Smaller (Literally And Metaphorically); The Sexual Advances That Led To More Than She Wanted; The Bad Marriage She Fought Like Hell To Keep; All The Ways Others Questioned Her Identity Or Choices And She Let It Slide To Keep The Peace; Her Silence When Requested; Her Body When DesiredNone Of It Worked. None Of It Protected Her The Way It Was Advertised To.Nolan Noticed The Same Was True For The Women Around Her And The Women In History She Read About. Across Time And Location, They Were Raised To Be Agreeable And Good. HyperVisible As Sexual Objects But Invisible As Full People. Living In A Physical World Created By Men For Men. Taking On The Ultimate Role Of BirthGiver And Caretaker, Yet Seeing It Remain An Unsung Act, Even As ItS A GodLike Endeavor. Only In Midlife Did Nolan Begin To Realize She Was Capable Of Living Outside These Cages Of Conditioning So Slyly Insidious That TheyRe Nearly Invisible.Good Woman Elegantly Probes The Knotty Conditions Themselves, The Costs Of Adhering To Them, And What Happens When One Refuses To Comply. The Twelve Stunning And Unforgettable Essays Blend Memoir, Reportage, And History To Create A Collection That Is Alternately Bold, Brash, And Explosive ... And Ravishingly Tender, Sensual, And Joyous. Nolan Takes Aim At Big And Old Ideas, And She Does Not Miss. Hers Is A Testimony To Witness And To Savor.This Good Woman Thinks Boldly And Writes With Exhilarating Passion. Whatever The SubjectGender, Sex, Race, Class, Art, PoliticsShe Disrupts Piety And Honors Complexity. These Are Smart And Daring Essays To Learn From And Revel In. Margo Jefferson, Author Of Negroland And Constructing A Nervous System
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