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What Women Want

Conversations on Desire, Power, Love and Growth

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What Women Want

By: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
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From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a pensioner falling in love for the first time, What Women Want is an enthralling and deeply intimate examination of womanhood.

With empathy and bravery, psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung delves into what makes us who we are. Through her conversations with her patients, she lays bare our fears, our secrets, our wants, and ultimately, our capacity for healing.

To desire is an action. This extraordinary book liberates and empowers us to claim what we truly want.

'Full of wisdom and insight ... I cannot recommend it enough' Julia Samuel

'Brilliant' Katy Hessel

'Fascinating ... a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires' Guardian

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This début from a leading psychotherapist is an enthralling, intersectional investigation of female desire
I couldn't stop thinking about these women's stories. The best book on female desire and longing since Three Women
Maxine's book is insightful, tender and brilliant. I am enraptured by these women's stories.
A rich and intimate examination of female desire, Maxine's book is full of wisdom and insight. I cannot recommend it enough
A compelling read
Brave, deeply honest, and beautifully written, What Women Want makes the personal universal.
A call to arms [...] This is a gripping debut that is searing in its honesty and vulnerability [...] Exploring trauma, gender, sexuality and mental health, the insight on female desire is so thought-provoking, the stories dealt with in a captivating and gentle way. Read it.
Fascinating [...] Makes a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires in a patriarchal culture that still prefers us quiet and non-disruptive.
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