Three Women Audiobook (Free)

#1 NY TIMES BESTSELLER

“THIS MAY BE THE Ideal BOOK OF THE YEAR. That is it. This is actually the one…It blew the top of my mind off and I haven’t had the opportunity to stop thinking or discussing it since.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Taddeo spent eight years reporting this groundbreaking publication…Breathtaking…Staggeringly intimate.” —Entertainment Weekly

“The most detailed look at the female sex drive that’s been published in decades.” —New York

“A breathtaking and essential book…What a fine thing it really is about Three Ladies to become enthralled by another article writer’s sentences. To be stunned by her intellect and heart.” —Cheryl Strayed

Desire as we’ve never seen it before: a riveting true tale on the subject of the sex lives of 3 real American women, predicated on nearly a decade of reporting

Hailed as “a dazzling achievement” (Los Angeles Times) and “riveting page-turner that explores desire, heartbreak, and infatuation in all its messy, complicated nuance” (The Washington Post), Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women offers captivated readers, booksellers, and critics—and topped bestseller lists—worldwide.

In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, a homemaker and mom of two whose marriage, after ten years, has dropped its enthusiasm. Starved for love, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with a vintage flame through social media, embarks with an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school college student who allegedly includes a clandestine physical romantic relationship with her attractive, married English teacher; the ensuing legal trial will convert their tranquil community upside down. Finally, within an exclusive enclave from the Northeast, we meet up with Sloane—a striking, successful, and processed restaurant owner—who’s happily married to a guy who loves to view her have sex with other women and men.

Based on years of immersive reporting and informed with amazing frankness and immediacy, Three Women is certainly both a feat of journalism and a triumph of storytelling, brimming with nuance and empathy. “A function of deep observation, long conversations, and a kind of journalistic alchemy” (Kate Tuttle, NPR), Three Women introduces us to three unforgettable women—and one remarkable writer—whose experiences remind us that we are not by itself.