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Young Women

By: Jessica Moor
Narrated by: Tanya Reynolds
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'One of the most exciting new voices of the decade' Erin Kelly

'Ambitious and arresting' Beth Underdown

'Utterly engrossing' Louise Nealon

'Brilliantly written... compelling' Kate Sawyer

'Painfully real' Hanna Jameson

'A visceral slice of female friendship' Stylist

Everyone's got that history, I guess. Everyone's got a story.

When Emily meets enigmatic and dazzling actress Tamsin, her life changes. Drawn into Tamsin's world of Soho living, boozy dinners, and cocktails at impossibly expensive bars, Emily's life shifts from black and white to technicolour and the two women become inseparable.

Tamsin is the friend Emily has always longed for; beautiful, fun, intelligent and mysterious and soon Emily is neglecting her previous life - her work assisting vulnerable women, her old friend Lucy - to bask in her glow. But when a bombshell news article about a decades-old sexual assault case breaks, Emily realises that Tamsin has been hiding a secret about her own past. A secret that threatens to unravel everything . . .

Young Women is a razor sharp novel that slices to the heart of our most important relationships, and asks how complicit we all are in this world built for men.

Praise for Jessica Moor

'A fabulous new writer' Richard Osman

'Compelling, tense and pacy read' The Observer, 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2020

'Powerful and chilling, an important story, well told' Guardian

'Vastly impressive . . . Deeply affecting and superbly told, it demands to be read' Daily Mail

'Jessica Moor is a new young writer I believe in' Jeanette Winterson

'Tense, beautiful and lyrical. Everyone should read this book' Sara Collins

'Made me rage and weep and understand a little better. A powerful book telling stories that need to be heard' Rosamund Lupton Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Fiction Suspense
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For a piece published after 2020 it feels a bit late to the party. Well composed but not a great listen. Story lines are a tad on the obvious side. Themes are a little laboured. I’m older now and find it sad to hear how painful young women’s experiences of interactions with men appear to be; how worthless men are in the main. Perhaps there is a little hope towards the end of the piece but mostly it’s a depressingly sad picture.

Worthy, a bit laboured maybe

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An incredible listen. It articulates beautifully and yet sensitively the relationships we have with each other, our friends, between some women and men and the uneven abusive power dynamics that are left to flourish within a broken system. I urge everyone to listen to this, it’s one of the most important and relevant books I’ve ever heard.

The best book of 2022

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Would highly recommend. Complex and realistic characters and beautifully written. Will read her other books :)

Important and stunning read

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I love how YW illustrates there is no such thing as a perfect feminist, that friendship and solidarity are messy, imperfect things and that we all have regrets and things we wish we had managed differently. It’s not a moralising tale, it felt so real, like it was about people I knew! I was hooked

A modern feminist story, no moralising though!

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Moor tackles sensitive and important matters whilst recognizing contexts, individuality, humanity... it's a great novel by the metrics of:

- gave me pause and reason for personal reflection
- characters were relatable/understandable crafts
- extremely sensitive management and storytelling
- I certainly wondered 'where was this all going?' and wanted to read more

I guess for me, a five star review would have this plus I would feel inspired or awed, or shocked - a deep impact. I didn't get that - I struggled with the main narrator, her narrative was uncomfortable for me, and whilst there was growth for her I suppose I felt dissatisfied?

I recommend the book to anyone as a fascinating and well observed perspective on important cultural issues.

Sensitive, thoughtful and important

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