The early, pivotal encounter she has with a young man at a party is an experience that, unfortunately, I know many women may be able to relate to. I’m older than Greer now but was in university in approximately the same years as her. There was a lot I liked about this book and a lot I could identify with. Nothing to do with the content but simply because in Moby Dick there was also a point where I thought, What happened to the main character? When was the last time we even saw them on the page? At one point I found myself reminded of Moby Dick. Both of Greer’s life and those who surround her – her best friend, Zee, her boyfriend, Corey, Faith Frank herself. The Female Persuasion is long and covers a lot of ground. When a friend brings her along to hear popular feminist, Faith Frank, Greer has an encounter with the iconic older woman that ends up changing the course of her life. After a traumatic run-in with another student in her first week at Ryland, Greer feels more put-down than ever. Greer is smart and quiet, ambitious but unsure of her future. She was supposed to be at Yale but due to a financial mix-up (and possibly her parents’ ineptitude) has settled for what she views as a second-tier school. We meet Greer Kadetsky in her first year at Ryland College.
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