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The Chain

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Chain

Contributors:

By (Author) Chimene Suleyman

ISBN:

9781399606479

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publication Date:

26th March 2024

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Sexual abuse and harassment
Sex and sexuality, social aspects
True crime

Dewey:

362.8292

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

240

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 26mm

Weight:

300g

Description

In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend's life: that she and many other women had been subtly, patiently and painfully betrayed.

In this spellbinding memoir, she exposes one man's control over many women and the trauma he left behind, and celebrates the sisterhood that formed in his wake despite - and in spite of - him. Exploring how women are duped every day by individuals, she interrogates how society itself continually allows this to happen. She demonstrates that, no matter how intelligent, educated or self-aware they might be, over time a woman can be played into performing the age-old role of giver and nurturer: self-sacrificing and subordinate.

Both a devastating personal testimony and a searing indictment of persistent misogyny, The Chain is a book for any woman who has questioned her relationship and buried her doubts, for any woman who can't quite identify the source of her unease and for any woman who has been sheltered by the fierce protection of her female friends.

Author Bio

Chimene Suleyman is a writer from London whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, BBC, NPR and Sky. She is the co-editor of The Good Immigrant USA.

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