
On a balmy evening in 1971, five women meet in a cramped living room in the suburbs of London. Tired of their husbands and their unsatisfying lives, they form the aptly named Medusa, a book publishing house founded on the principle of getting even.


First-wave feminism takes front and center in this fearless novel, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, about women determined to succeed in a man's world--only to be foiled by their own ambition "A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle." It's...



""Walk out of the darkness and take a step into the light. Wipe away your tears, get ready to fight. Keep your head held high and let them know, Big girls don't cry.""