Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's Ben and Ben.

Today we're talking to Meg Walletzer.

She is a fiction writer out with a new book.

The book is called The Female Persuasion.

And the hype for this book has been spectacular.

The Washington Post called Meg quote, the novelist we need right now.

This book is on virtually every 2018 must read list.

And already Nicole Kidman's announced that she'll be in the film adaptation of this

book.

So here's the thing I read the book, it is seriously worth all the hype.

I'll tell you a bit about it.

The female persuasion tells the story of a young woman named Greer who is sexually assaulted

in college.

And while she's dealing with that on campus, Greer meets an older famous feminist who

was given a talk at Greer's college.

Her name is Faith Frank.

And this opening scene becomes a start of this relationship between the two of them

that ends up lasting for years.

Greer ends up working for Faith Frank at a feminist organization she runs.

And the book goes on to reveal how the relationship changes and ultimately falls apart over time.

The book deals with these really fascinating ideas, what it means to have a true cross-interracional

relationship, what it means to be a woman and help other women, what it means to make

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