In telling her story, Julianna Glasse blazes a trail for every woman who has ever felt oppressed by religion and the patriarchy and muted by other people's rules and judgment. This is a page-turning, sexy, and eye-popping memoir of liberation. I couldn't put it down

CHELSEA HANDLER

Her story is so incredible . . . If you feel like you need examples of people who have changed for the better, are making waves in their community and also had to leave their identity behind to find out who they really are, this is for you. This is a story of change, inspiration, transformation and tenacity

JONATHAN VAN NESS

This book is a searing bibliography of self-expression, one book at a time. It's breathlessly propulsive, with courage mounting on every page. In an era of rising illiteracy, I found myself as a reader alternately lamenting what non-readers miss and cheering for what Julianna found. This book is what happens when women read: they transform into who they were always meant to be. Julianna uses her radiant light to liberate, and I'm so grateful that she persevered in her journey of revolutionary reading

TIA LEVINGS, NYT-bestselling author of A Well-Trained Wife and I Belong to Me

A raw, insightful memoir about breaking free from religious oppression and misogyny. A celebration of the power of reading to encourage empathy and destroy simplistic ways of seeing the world. A gripping and powerful read

SAM MILLS, author of Chauvo-Feminism

A powerful debut memoir . . . Patient and curious rather than rageful or high-minded, Glasse's account is a love letter to art, literature and finding beauty in the world on one's own terms. It makes for empowering reading

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Women's reading is often dismissed as a hobby or a trivial distraction. But as Glasse's fierce own story and fierce analysis shows, a woman reading can be the most radical act

SORAYA CHEMALY, author of All We Want is Everything