The Friend

You didn't think it was possible for a woman to wander the streets in the same spirit and manner as a man. A female pedestrian was subject to constant disruptions: stares, comments, catcalls, gropes.
Of course, a woman has only to wait until she's a certain age, when she becomes invisible, and - problem solved.
'Nunez shakes the dust from every topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times
'I loved it . . . It's one of my favourite books' Whoopi Goldberg
'Intensely pleasurable' Sunday Times
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Sigrid Nunez