Faith, 63 and sometimes called "a couple steps down from Gloria Steinem," is an editor of Bloomer, "the scrappier, less famous little sister to Ms." Watching Faith Frank's "glamour and importance and gravitas" as she speaks about what women can do to help themselves and each other, Greer feels something "closely related to falling in love." It wasn't romantic, but "the word love still seemed relevant here love, which pollinated the air around Faith Frank."
Greer is still wounded and angry when the famous, charismatic feminist Faith Frank comes to speak on campus. "The idea that something had been done to you seemed to implicate you, even though no one said it did, making your body - which usually lived in darkness beneath your clothing - suddenly live in light."īut when other women are assaulted by the same man - Darren, with a baseball cap and "eyes like a carp" - Greer reports it, and then testifies in a university hearing. Her best friend, "innately, bracingly political" Zee, urges her to report it, but Greer feels sick at the thought. How?Īt the beginning of Meg Wolitzer's The Female Persuasion, shy, bookish Greer Kadetsky is groped at a frat party. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Female Persuasion Author Meg Wolitzer
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