![]() ![]() Karbo begins each portrait with one word that helps describe the woman: Rowling is “feisty,” Baker “gutsy,” King “competitive,” Brown “relentless,” and Clinton “ambitious.” She then highlights those parts of her subjects’ lives that have earned them reputations as “difficult.” Despite monumental success as a novelist, Rowling refused to allow herself to be “imprisoned by her role as creator of one of the most beloved fictional universes in literary history.” Dancer Baker dared to shake “body parts no one knew you could shake” up until four days before her death at age 68. Rowling, Josephine Baker, Billie Jean King, Helen Gurley Brown, and Hillary Clinton. In this book, Karbo creates word portraits-accompanied by drawings-of modern women who refused to let any social, cultural, or personal barriers stand in the way of their respective “mission.” Her subjects run the gamut from writers, artists, and performers to athletes, politicians, and media executives and include luminaries such as J.K. ![]() The author defines “difficult” women as those who believe their “needs, passions, and goals are at least as important as those of everyone around” them. ![]() Karbo ( Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life, 2013, etc.) sketches the lives of 29 extraordinary women. ![]()
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