Backstory x DWBC - The Sisterhood Trap
Join Difficult Women Book Club and Backstory for a special session exploring the fragile architecture of female relationships. How does society teach women who to trust, who to fear, and who to compete with?
Through fiction and cultural criticism, we will trace the scripts handed to women and the ways writers expose and rewrite them. Over the sessions, we will examine devotion and betrayal, ambition and shame, longing and rage.
Reading List:
JANUARY
My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
An intimate portrait of girlhood friendship set against the rigid codes of postwar Naples.
FEBRUARY
Penance, Eliza Clark
A sharp exploration of teenage girls, media narratives, and the hunger to belong.
MARCH
Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert
A cultural study of how pop culture has shaped and commodified relationships between women.
About Us:
Difficult Women Book Club is a global book club reading books by women authors.
Founded in Barcelona in 2023, we’ve since grown to 74 cities around the world, all reading the same book each month. We meet once a month, and everyone is welcome!
About the Event:
In the heart of Barcelona, Backstory combines the charm of a small independent bookshop with a space made for meaningful discussions and shared reading.
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