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Ten Women Kindle Edition

by Marcela Serrano (Author), Beth Fowler (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Award-winning Chilean author Marcela Serrano weaves a beautiful story about the universal connections between women.

For nine Chilean women, life couldn’t be more different. There is the teenage computer whiz confronting her sexual identity. A middle-aged recluse who prefers the company of her dog over that of most humans. A housekeeper. A celebrity television personality. A woman confronting the loneliness of old age.

Of disparate ages and races, these women represent the variety of cultural and social groups that Chile comprises. On the surface, they seem to have nothing in common…except for their beloved therapist, who brings them together. Yet as different as they all are, each woman has a story to share.

As the women tell their stories, unlikely common threads are discovered, bonds are formed, and lives are transformed. Their stories form an intricate tale of triumph, heartache, and healing that will resonate with women from all walks of life.

An International DUBLIN Literary Award Nominee.

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“Marcela Serrano is Scheherazade’s heir…Thanks to writers like Marcela, life will never have the last word.” —Carlos Fuentes

“Her novels are shrewd and lucidly feminine. Reading Marcela Serrano is like peering into the eyes of all the women in the world.” —Arturo Pérez-Reverte

About the Author

Marcela Serrano is the daughter of writers and an award-winning Chilean novelist. Her debut novel We Loved So Much won the Literary Prize in Santiago. Her subsequent novels, among them The Hotel of the Sad Women and Our Lady of Loneliness, met with much success, landing her the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize and a runner-up nod in the prestigious Premio Planeta competition. She is widely considered one of the best Latin American writers working today. Ten Women is her first novel to be published in English.

Originally from Inverness, Scotland, Beth Fowler earned her degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Glasgow, including a year teaching English in Santiago, Chile. She began working as a freelance translator in 2009, and after winning the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize in 2010 she began to move her focus from commercial to literary translation. Her first novel translation Open Door by Argentine writer Iosi Havillo was published in 2011. She lives near Glasgow with her husband and son.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DRFP1XG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Crossing (January 7, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1646 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1477849459

Best Sellers Rank: #543,406 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #196 in Caribbean & Latin American Literature
- #2,598 in Women's Literary Fiction
- #3,207 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Marcela Serrano is the daughter of writers and an award-winning Chilean novelist. Her debut novel We Loved So Much won the Literary Prize in Santiago. Her subsequent novels, among them The Hotel of the Sad Women and Our Lady of Loneliness, met with much success, landing her the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize and a runner-up nod in the prestigious Premio Planeta competition. She is widely considered one of the best Latin American writers working today. Ten Women is her first novel to be published in English.

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Apple

Elegant, Emotional, Enlightening, Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019

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I knew when I bought this I would have to be in the right frame of mind to read it. What do I mean by the right frame of mind? Although it is a novel it is a pre-requisite that the reader take time to savor the words, the descriptions and emotions of each woman without looking for the ending. It will come. I tend to read novels quickly but after reading the first woman's story I put the book down. I thought about what she had to say then I picked the book up the next day and read the next story. And so on. It is a month later and I still remember the women and their stories. The stories in this book are the stories of women; women of different ages, experience, education, and perspective. It doesn't matter that they live in Chile and have been affected by the events that happened there. These are stories of women everywhere. It is fascinating and no woman can read this book without relating to one or more characters because their stories are women's stories. I did not read it in Spanish but the translation is excellent. I can't imagine how it could be better but I will leave that to the linguists.

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Maree LaRue

The women of Chile, told in a long-winding storytelling session

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018

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I downloaded this book on a whim to read more international authors, and it was free on KindleUnlimited. I've yet to visit South America (Peru's on the docket for 2019!) but have always found Chile fascinating. This translated book was a deep dive into the women of Chile, so in most respects, I got what I was looking for.

My strongest critique: there is no official dialogue or quote marks in this book. Each chapter is a different woman explaining her life story and journey to the therapist hosting their weekend at the retreat. We have no idea how much time has passed, very little of how they interact with each other and no crossover between stories. It was like listening to a storyteller.

This book took me nearly two months to finish, in which I read a half-dozen other books, some the same length as this book. But once I finished the halfway point, it was a more entertaining dash to the end. Maybe I just could not connect to the earlier women's stories, or maybe I just took awhile to get into the writing style.

I gave this book four stars because it was very enlightening to learn so much about so many different aspects of Chilean culture. As well, it was great to hear from women—they are very upfront about their invisibility in Chile's society, which makes their perspective even more striking. I don't know how the author researched this book, and how realistic these stories are, but it felt very authentic.

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Ten Women

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018

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A novel composed of a series of chapters, more like a set of short stories, since the thread that connects each chapter to the others is so fine as to be non-existant. Well written, culturally interesting, and sometimes poignant, each chapter tells the story of a different woman who has entered therapy with Natasha, a psychologist who is only revealed in the final chapter, narrated by her assistant. One is left with the final question - why did the author take pains to describe how Natasha was bringing them all together at the beginning of the novel but then leave out any description of their time together? An interesting read, but I’m not sure if the author’s original intention was achieved.

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Surprisingly Good If You're In A Weird Place In Life

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020

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I went ahead and got this book because it was being offered free by Amazon and so didn't really expect much of it but I am really enjoying it. It's the perfect book for me to read in this weird stage in my life. The only thing I will say is that the story isn't that believable and the prose even less so but I don't think it detracts from the book at all, it just isn't that kind of a book. I think the stories are realistic but I don't think 10 women sitting together talking about their problems could be so eloquent on the spot like that. I especially liked the story about the young lesbian, it really put me in her shoes and made me think about what it's like to be gay in a way I haven't before. The story about the woman whose husband was taken away and never came back was too much for me though, I had to skip to the next because it was so sad. I also liked the first woman with the crazy mother. You can see the stories are very good, even if the premise is a bit strange.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023

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We all have inner demons, and we all must find our own path to conquer them. Each path is different and each path is necessary to our own story. What we don’t realize is how often our path crosses the paths of others. How intertwined we all our. And the impact that our own story will have on another. This is a beautifully woven story of pain, sorrow, tragedy, and triumph.

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cris

fascinating book and not predictable

Reviewed in Germany on April 26, 2019

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as a woman, it’s easy to identify with each protagonist and appreciate their story and way of telling it. the red line of the plot feels a bit constructed, but nevermind. i enjoyed this book.

Pragya

A must read!

Reviewed in India on April 20, 2019

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It’s a beautifully written book which brings the idea that depression, sadness, sorrow has no measurement and can hit the rich and poor equally!

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Lucy Mualim

ten women

Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2014

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I loved it as I do all her books. I have read them all !!

I will be waiting for more I hope in the near future.

Mrs. M. L. T. Holmes

A great collection

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2014

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An eye opening account of a variety of women's lives and how they cope with difficult times. A well worth read.

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Honey bandit

totally absorbing

Reviewed in Australia on February 13, 2014

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This book is about women & for women. Each of the 10 women have known tragedy in their lives & survived like flawed diamonds, but like diamonds, they are strong, each of them in different ways, just like all women. A totally absorbing read.

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