#1 NY TIMES BESTSELLER

“THIS MAY BE THE Ideal BOOK OF THE ENTIRE YEAR. That is it. This is actually the one…It blew the very best of my mind off and We haven’t had the opportunity to avoid thinking or discussing it since.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Taddeo spent eight years reporting this groundbreaking publication…Breathtaking…Staggeringly intimate.” —Entertainment Weekly

“The most in-depth look at the female libido that’s been published in decades.” —New York

“A breathtaking and important book…What a fine thing it is about Three Women to be enthralled by another article writer’s sentences. To become stunned by her intellect and center.” —Cheryl Strayed

Desire seeing that we’ve never seen it before: a riveting true tale about the sex lives of three real American women, predicated on nearly a decade of reporting

Hailed as “a amazing achievement” (LA Times) and “riveting page-turner that explores desire, heartbreak, and infatuation in all its messy, challenging nuance” (The Washington Post), Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women provides captivated readers, booksellers, and critics—and topped bestseller lists—worldwide.

In suburban Indiana we meet up with Lina, a homemaker and mom of two whose relationship, after a decade, has dropped its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social networking, embarks with an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we match Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school pupil who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her good looking, married English instructor; the ensuing criminal trial will convert their peaceful community ugly. Finally, in an unique enclave from the Northeast, we match Sloane—a gorgeous, successful, and sophisticated restaurant owner—who’s happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sexual intercourse with other men and women.

Based on many years of immersive confirming and told with astonishing frankness and immediacy, Three Women is normally both a feat of journalism and a triumph of storytelling, filled with nuance and empathy. “A work of deep observation, long conversations, and a kind of journalistic alchemy” (Kate Tuttle, NPR), Three Ladies introduces us to three unforgettable ladies—and one exceptional writer—whose encounters remind us that we are not by itself.