In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules - Couverture rigide

Karbo, Karen

 
9781426217746: In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules
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ISBN 10 : 1426217749 ISBN 13 : 9781426217746
Editeur : National Geographic, 2018

Synopsis

From Frida Kahlo and Elizabeth Taylor to Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, and Lena Dunham, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths in the world.

Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart, Helen Gurley Brown, Edie Sedgwick, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, and Shonda Rhimes, among others. Their lives--imperfect, elegant, messy, glorious--provide inspiration and instruction for the new age of feminism we have entered. Karbo distills these lessons with wit and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us to each of these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style, love and authenticity, daring and courage. Being "difficult," Karbo reveals, might not make life easier. But it can make it more fulfilling--whatever that means for you.

In the Reader's Guide included in the back of the book, Karbo asks thought-provoking questions about how we relate to each woman that will make for fascinating book club conversation.

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À propos de l?auteur

KAREN KARBO is the author of multiple award-winning novels, memoirs and works of nonfiction. Her best-selling "Kick-Ass Women" series includes The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman, which was an international bestseller. Karbo's short stories, essays, articles and reviews have appeared in Elle, Vogue, Esquire, Outside, the New York Times, Salon, and other publications. She is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and a winner of the General Electric Younger Writer Award. Karbo lives in Portland, Oregon, where she continues to kick ass.  

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Éditeur
National Geographic
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1426217749
ISBN 13 
9781426217746
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1426220898 ISBN 13 :  9781426220890
Editeur : National Geographic, 2020
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