{"product_id":"9781914240652-the-devolution-of-woman","title":"A Complicated Woman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe hotly anticipated literary debut by SELF ESTEEM\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary, subversive literary debut from Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An oracle' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Articulate[s] a universal, feminine wisdom with such ferocity it feels like she's slapping the reader around the face' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Equal parts self-lacerating, tender and witty'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Furious, sharp, funny, honest' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eiPAPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes when I drink wine out of a globulous glass with the thinnest of rims, blocking out the fact it's billed at £14 a pop, I think of baby Becky.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHair so blonde it's neon white, cheeks so chubby you can't see her eyes. What must she think right now? She must think she made it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe're a great big adult person.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat was always the plan, right?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her extraordinary debut, with her trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist \u003cb\u003eRebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) \u003c\/b\u003etakes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the notes, lyrics and biting observational prose for which Taylor has become renowned, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Complicated Woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever cracked under the weight of impossible expectation; who has done unto others the damage that has been wrought upon her; and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that surprised her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Complicated Woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of being a woman in the world today, and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606620446817,"sku":"9781914240652","price":19.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35901717_27bb0ca6-fcd4-4237-82ef-5fc24d6f1e21.jpg?v=1756932682","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914240652-the-devolution-of-woman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}