Roar

Roar

by Cecelia Ahern
Roar

Roar

by Cecelia Ahern

Paperback(Reprint)

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Overview

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that illuminatessometimes in fantastical wayshow women of all kinds navigate the world today—now an Apple TV+ series from the creators of GLOW starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, and Alison Brie!
 

In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern explores the endless ways in which women blaze through adversity with wit, resourcefulness, and compassion. Ahern takes the familiar aspects of women's lives—the routines, the embarrassments, the desires—and elevates these moments to the outlandish and hilarious with her astute blend of magical realism and social insight.
 
One woman is tortured by sinister bite marks that appear on her skin; another is swallowed up by the floor during a mortifying presentation; yet another resolves to return and exchange her boring husband at the store where she originally acquired him. The women at the center of this curious universe learn that their reality is shaped not only by how others perceive them, but also how they perceive the power within themselves.
 
By turns sly, whimsical, and affecting, these thirty short stories are a dynamic examination of what it means to be a woman in this very moment. Like women themselves, each story can stand alone; yet together, they have a combined power to shift consciousness, inspire others, and create a multi-voiced Roar that will not be ignored.
 
Includes a Reading Group Guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538746578
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 06/16/2020
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 655,206
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Cecelia Ahern is the author of the international bestsellers PS, I Love You; Love, Rosie; If You Could See Me Now; There's No Place Like Here; and The Gift. Her novels have been translated into thirty-five languages and have sold more than twenty-five million copies in over fifty countries. Two of her books have been adapted as major films and she has created several TV series in the US and Germany. She lives in Dublin with her family.

Table of Contents

1 The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared 1

2 The Woman Who Was Kept on the Shelf 12

3 The Woman Who Grew Wings 20

4 The Woman Who Was Fed by a Duck 27

5 The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin 34

6 The Woman Who Thought Her Mirror Was Broken 46

7 The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up by the Floor and Who Met Lots of Other Women Down There, Too 56

8 The Woman Who Ordered the Seabass Special 68

9 The Woman Who Ate Photographs 75

10 The Woman Who Forgot Her Name 82

11 The Woman Who Had a Ticking Clock 93

12 The Woman Who Sowed Seeds of Doubt 101

13 The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged Her Husband 112

14 The Woman Who Lost Her Common Sense 129

15 The Woman Who Walked in Her Husband's Shoes 136

16 The Woman Who Was a Featherbrain 146

17 The Woman Who Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve 156

18 The Woman Who Wore Pink 163

19 The Woman Who Blew Away 182

20 The Woman Who Had a Strong Suit 188

21 The Woman Who Spoke Woman 198

22 The Woman Who Found the World in Her Oyster 207

23 The Woman Who Guarded Gonads 214

24 The Woman Who Was Pigeonholed 219

25 The Woman Who Jumped on the Bandwagon 226

26 The Woman Who Smiled 237

27 The Woman Who Thought the Grass Was Greener on the Other Side 241

28 The Woman Who Unraveled 249

29 The Woman Who Cherry-Picked 259

30 The Woman Who Roared 265

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