In Praise of Difficult Women Audiobook By Karen Karbo, Cheryl Strayed - foreword cover art

In Praise of Difficult Women

Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules

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In Praise of Difficult Women

By: Karen Karbo, Cheryl Strayed - foreword
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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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, In Praise of Difficult Women is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo 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.

©2018 Karen Karbo (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing Gender Studies Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences Women Inspiring Funny Witty Self Love Self Development Women Memoirs
Inspiring Biographies • Interesting Life Stories • Engaging Narration • Refreshing Perspectives • Empowering Content
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I was disappointed that there were not more women of color in this book. I did enjoy the writing and learned about people I had never heard of before.

Good but not great

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It’s nice to hear the real story about women, and it’s never too late to have new roll models.

Real

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this book was quite lovely! I learnt a lot about those women - some were inspirational, and others were ground shaking :)

loved learning so much about these women!

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loved it! It was nice to hear that I am not the only "difficult" women. It made me love and admire some more and I became a fan of new women!

ilIt makes you feel good for being Difficult

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I think every woman should listen to this book at least once. If you ask me there aren’t enough of us “Difficult Women “. Time to speak up ladies. Damn those who don’t like it. Thank you for a great book.

I can relate

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Not the usual suspects. Interesting to hear about some women I hadn’t thought about as being groundbreaking.

I enjoyed it

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Definitely not some of the women I would have chosen to highlight, though I enjoyed the notorious RBG. I enjoyed the narrator more than the book.

Mixed thoughts

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There's so many more women that could have been added. All of the women were interesting, some I knew nothing about so it was good to hear about them. whether you like them or not..they were/are interesting difficult women from different decades and different careers. Humorous too!

Very interesting

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For me, the book started slowly then got better and by the end began to lose some momentum again. I found my attention wandering while reading.

Struggle to read but well written

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I enjoyed hearing about all the different women and their lives and how one certain person describes each one

Difficult women

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