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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood And Back Again (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) - Hardcover

 
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The author recounts her eighteen-month undercover stint as a man, a time during which she worked a sales job, joined a bowling league, frequented sex clubs, dated, and encountered firsthand the rigid codes and rituals of masculinity.

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Vincent's account of how she ?became? a man is undeniably fascinating.? ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

İVincent¨ can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. ("The Times," London)

Vincents account of how she became a man is undeniably fascinating. ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

Vincentas account of how she abecamea a man is undeniably fascinating.a ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

Vincent s account of how she became a man is undeniably fascinating. ("Los Angeles Times Book World")

[Vincent] can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. ("The Times", London)

Eye-opening . . . "Self-Made Man" will make many women think twice about coveting male ?privilege? and make any man feel grateful that his gender is better understood. ("The Washington Post")

A thoughtful, entertaining piece of first-person investigative journalism . . . Self-Made Man transcends its premise altogether. . . . So rich and so audacious . . . [I was] hooked from Page 1. (David Kamp, The New York Times Book Review)
Vincent's account of how she 'became' a man is undeniably fascinating." (Los Angeles Times Book World)
Eye-opening . . . Self-Made Man will make many women think twice about coveting male 'privilege' and make any man feel grateful that his gender is better understood. (The Washington Post)
[Vincent] can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new. (The Times, London)
About the Author:
Norah Vincent is the author of the New York Times bestseller Self-Made Man. Previously, she wrote a nationally syndicated op-ed column for the Los Angeles Times. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post. She lives in New York City.

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  • PublisherThorndike Pr
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0786286725
  • ISBN 13 9780786286720
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages448
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