Description
| Product ID: | 9780241986226 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Notes to Self |
| Authors: | Author: Emilie Pine |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Ireland |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks powerfully from her painful personal experience - on the emotional labour of caring for her alcoholic father, on the unspeakable grief of miscarriage and infertility, on the social taboos around menstrual blood and female pain, on the ways young women use their own bodies as a weapon against themselves. Courageous, humane and uncompromising, devastatingly poignant and yet never self-pitying, these pieces investigate and challenge society's assumptions around pain, strength, resilience and identity, ultimately embracing joy and hope in the business of living. ''I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'' |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-06 |