Why Women Read Fiction: The Stories of Our Lives

by Helen Taylor and Helen Taylor

Book Overview

Ian McEwan once said, 'When women stop reading, the novel will be dead.' This book explains how precious fiction is to contemporary British women readers, and how they draw on it to tell the stories of their lives.

Female readers are key to the future of fiction and--as parents, teachers, and librarians--the glue for a literate society. Women treasure the chance to read alone, but have also gregariously shared reading experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198827695
• ISBN13: 9780198827696
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"