A New York Times Bestseller "A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition
friendship identity desire and power from the much-needed female lens." -Bustle
"Ultra-readable." -Vogue From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings
comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with but who we want to be. To be
admired by someone we admire-we all yearn for this: the private electrifying pleasure of being
singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life a
bigger world. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will
change her life. Faith Frank dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three has been a
central pillar of the women's movement for decades a figure who inspires others to influence
the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time Greer-madly in love with her boyfriend
Cory but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place-feels her inner
world light up. And then astonishingly Faith invites Greer to make something out of that
sense of purpose leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and
away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined. Charming
and wise knowing and witty Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence ego and
loyalty womanhood and ambition. At its heart The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all
believe is flickering inside of us waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the
right time. It's a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those
roles evolve over time) and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.
