I am woman. Hear me roar.
Have you ever imagined a different life?
Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided?
Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar?
The women in these startlingly original stories are all of us: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, and the women who make us brave. From The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared to The Woman Who Was Kept on the Shelf and The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged her Husband, discover thirty touching, often hilarious, stories and meet thirty very different women. Each discovers her strength; each realizes she holds the power to make a change.
Witty, tender, surprising, these keenly observed tales speak to us all, and capture the moment when we all want to roar.
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[There's a gentle knock on the door before it opens - THE WOMAN WHO SLOWLY DISAPPEARED]`(HarperCollins, 1 November 2018, ebook, 352 pages, ARC from publisher via NetGalley voluntarily reviewed)
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Stories included:
- The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared
- The Woman Who Was Kept On The Shelf
- The Woman Who Grew Wings
- The Woman Who Was Fed By A Duck
- The Woman Who Found Bite Marks On Her Skin
- The Woman Who Thought Her Mirror Was Broken
- The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up By The Floor And Who Met Lots Of Other Women Down There Too
- The Woman Who Ordered The Seabass Special
- The Woman Who Ate Photographs
- The Woman Who Forgot Her Name
- The Woman Who Had A Ticking Clock
- The Woman Who Sowed Seeds Of Doubt
- The Woman Who Returned And Exchanged Her Husband
- The Woman Who Lost Her Common Sense
- The Woman Who Walked In Her Husband's Shoes
- The Woman Who Was A Featherbrain
- The Woman Who Wore Her Heart On Her Sleeve
- The Woman Who Wore Pink
- The Woman Who Blew Away
- The Woman Who Had A Strong Suit
- The Woman Who Spoke Woman
- The Woman Who Found The World In Her Oyster
- The Woman Who Guarded Gonads
- The Woman Who Was Pigeonholed
- The Woman Who Jumped On The Bandwagon
- The Woman Who Smiled
- The Woman Who Thought Grass Was Greener On The Other Side
- The Woman Who Unravelled
- The Woman Who Cherry-Picked
- The Woman Who Roared
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This collection of stories was a joy to read. It's been ages since a collection of stories brought me such sheer pleasure. So many stories in Roar made me laugh until my sides ached. This collection is a lot of fun. I liked the way Ahern takes some well-known phrases and sayings and twists these to form the titles of some stories or the themes behind the story. The stories in Roar are bold, brave, striking and bloody hilarious at times. My favourites were The Woman Who Was Kept On A Shelf, The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up By The Floor And Who Met Lots Of Other Women Down There Too, The Woman Who Returned And Exchanged Her Husband and The Woman Who Wore Pink.
