Gender Theory by Madeline Docherty - ISBN: 9781399812207
Paperback
Intense female friendship tested by life, love, and blurred lines.

Gender Theory

'A blazing new voice in Scottish fiction'

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    27 May 2025

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Summary

‘Beautifully captures the pain of growing into yourself, and the intensity of all-consuming female friendship’ ROSE WILDING

You lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is Ella.

Ella’s with you at the party when you first kiss a girl.

And Ella takes you to the hospital the first time you’re diagnosed.

Over the next few years you have a string of relationships and jobs, but you can always count on Ella to be the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399812207
ISBN-10:1399812203
Author:Madeline Docherty
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:27 May 2025
Weight:152g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

I inhaled Gender Theory, reading it in one intoxicating sitting … a powerful and necessary novel exploring queer friendship and invisible disabilities, and those intense finding-yourself years – RACHEL DAWSON, author of Neon RosesA razor-sharp, smart, and utterly consuming debut that delves deep into the intricacies of chronic illness, identity, and sexuality * N.B. *

About The Author

Madeline Docherty

Madeline Docherty is a Scottish writer and winner of the 2022 North Literary Agency Prize. She grew up in the Scottish Borders and now lives in Glasgow, where she works in communications and teaches creative writing workshops for the charity Mind Waves. Gender Theory is her first novel.

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