- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Crocus Books (9 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0946745773
- ISBN-13: 978-0946745777
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,283,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a smart and subversive celebration of female anti-heroes. "Bitch Lit" features women who take the law into their own hands, who defy society's expectations, put their own needs first and don't feel guilty. It features characters that give Lady Macbeth, Imelda Marcos and Narnia's Snow Queen a run for their money. All these stories, in one way or another, are tales of women and power. They goad us and dare us to strip off our niceness, leave our safe haven, and go out into the dark woods knowing that the most dangerously sublime thing to be encountered in that forest is ourselves unleashed.
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B is for bravo,
By NB (Middlesbrough, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bitch Lit (Paperback)
I find the concept of women doing bad things fascinating. All of our lives, we're told that we should be good, and if we aren''t, karma will come and bite us on the bum.
The female anti-hero is lacking in most books(and many art forms) , so when I stumbled across this, I HAD to read it. Besides the cover, which is just lovely, I felt compelled to find out what other women think about being a woman, a real woman, a flawed woman, as at the moment, I'm halfway through writing a novel, in which, the main female character is so flawed and selfish that I've had agents tell me that there isn't a market for bad women who show no remorse. (Of course, there seems to be infinite appetite for vapid chick lit with weedy characters and unbelievable situations, but that's another story.) This shows that there is a market, and there are lots of fantastic (mainly northern) writers who can flesh out characters that range from the mundane to the ridiculous, in stories that had me laughing out loud and willing myself to read faster so i could find out what happened at the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing collecton of short stories!,
By R. Daily - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitch Lit (Paperback)
Lots of short stories by a variety of women writers with a talent for satire. I was searching Mary Sharratt and found a collection of bright, darkly funny women I will follow up on. Loved this book!
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