Three Women

The most important book I’ve read this decade, and possibly ever – Books of the Decade * Stylist *My best book of the year so far. And probably next year’s too – Jojo MoyesControversial, detailed, spellbinding, upsetting, true and compelling in equal measure – Books of the Year * Sunday Times *Painful and beautiful, gutting and sexy. I don’t think I’ve read a book that has captivated me as intensely as this one, which I still think about, months later, in the quietest hours of the night * Red *A book with the thrill of the new that you can expect to dominate WhatsApp threads, line Tube carriages and pop up in foreign Airbnbs for years to come * Evening Standard *The biggest debut of the year … Groundbreaking * Vogue *Captures the pain and powerlessness of desire as well as its heady joys – Books of the Year * Economist *For anyone who thinks they know what women want, this book is an alarm, and its volume is turned all the way up * Time Magazine *This book wrecked me, in a good way – Reese WitherspoonWhether you are a man curious to know how the woman in your life thinks and feels, or a woman who longs to hear someone articulate the thoughts you’ve never even admitted to yourself, Three Women should be on your bedside table * Irish Independent *

Lisa Taddeo spent eight years and thousands of hours tracking the women whose stories comprise Three Women, moving to the towns they lived in to better understand their lives. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times Style magazine and has contributed to the Sunday Times, New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour and many other publications. She is one of a select few authors to have published both fiction and non-fiction in Playboy, alongside Margaret Atwood, Kingsley Amis and Norman Mailer. Her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She lives with her husband and daughter in New England.