The Power Notebooks
eBook - ePub

The Power Notebooks

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Power Notebooks

About this book

Katie Roiphe, culture writer and author of The Morning After, shares a "beautifully written" ( The New York Times Book Review ) "astute memoir [that] reverberates with rich prose, crisp pacing, and self-compassion" ( Publishers Weekly ) and an essential discussion of how strong women experience their power. Told in a series of notebook entries, Roiphe weaves her often fraught personal experiences with divorce, single motherhood, and relationships with insights into the lives and loves of famous writers such as Sylvia Plath and Simone de Beauvoir. She dissects the way she and other ordinary, powerful women have subjugated their own power time and time again, and she probes brilliantly at the tricky, uncomfortable question of why. "Although Ms. Roiphe seems to be exposing her vulnerabilities here, she is actually, once again, demonstrating her unique brand of fearlessness" ( The Wall Street Journal). The Power Notebooks is Roiphe's most vital, thought-provoking, and emotionally intimate work yet.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note
  6. 1. Birth
  7. 2. Catastrophe
  8. 3. The Car
  9. 4. Emily
  10. 5. Re-calculating
  11. 6. Stella
  12. 7. H.’s Date
  13. 8. The Fall
  14. 9. The Thursday Meeting
  15. 10. The Call
  16. 11. Simone de Beauvoir #1
  17. 12. Insomnia
  18. 13. My Mother #1
  19. 14. The Wednesday Meeting
  20. 15. Relatable
  21. 16. Simone de Beauvoir #2
  22. 17. The Daybed
  23. 18. The Other Birth
  24. 19. Claude
  25. 20. Lady/Lapdog
  26. 21. Georgia
  27. 22. The Walrus
  28. 23. Susan Sontag
  29. 24. Drowning Women
  30. 25. The Boat Ride
  31. 26. The Writer’s Wife
  32. 27. Students
  33. 28. Simone de Beauvoir #3
  34. 29. Age Difference
  35. 30. The Disciplined Collapsers
  36. 31. Edith Wharton
  37. 32. The Bug Box
  38. 33. Photographs
  39. 34. The Dog
  40. 35. Tim
  41. 36. The Rabbi
  42. 37. How to Ride the Subway
  43. 38. Cigarettes
  44. 39. Fire
  45. 40. Jean Rhys
  46. 41. Money
  47. 42. Bullies
  48. 43. More Bad Things About Me in Print
  49. 44. Janet Malcolm
  50. 45. The Wedding
  51. 46. Lucia
  52. 47. Dark Thing
  53. 48. The Saturday Meeting
  54. 49. Money
  55. 50. The Wednesday Meeting
  56. 51. Rebecca West:
  57. 52. Twitter
  58. 53. The Lord of the Rings
  59. 54. Graham Greene:
  60. 55. Class
  61. 56. Unlikable
  62. 57. Wednesday Meeting
  63. 58. Mary McCarthy
  64. 59. The Thursday Meeting
  65. 60. Abusive
  66. 61. Torn-Out Pages
  67. 62. More Worrying
  68. 63. Edge Play
  69. 64. Simone de Beauvoir #4
  70. 65. Mother #2
  71. 66. Air-conditioning
  72. 67. The Doctor
  73. 68. The Car
  74. 69. Sylvia Plath
  75. 70. Island-ess
  76. Coda
  77. Book List
  78. About the Author
  79. Copyright