{"product_id":"a-complicated-woman-hardcover","title":"A Complicated Woman - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary, subversive literary debut from Mercury Prize-nominated musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A pin-up and an oracle for millennial women.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolly Alderton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the beginning I was nothing. And then He made me: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA sexualized form\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA disappointing muse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA biological clock\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA power-hungry Jezabel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn object of abuse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA comfort blanket\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbidden Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreasts and nice teeth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her extraordinary debut, with trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Mercury Prize-nominated musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) takes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through vignettes, lyrics and biting observational prose, A COMPLICATED WOMAN takes us from Genesis through the Fall through tentative attempts to cast ourselves as the Messiah in our own lives. It offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever cracked under the weight of impossible expectation; who has done unto others the damage that has been wrought onto her; and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that surprised her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A COMPLICATED WOMAN is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of what it is to be a woman in the world today, and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376733782239,"sku":"9781914240652","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HEtH_h-ZtX9781914240652.webp?v=1789221824","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/a-complicated-woman-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}