What Women Want, Maxine MeiFung Chung
What Women Want, Maxine MeiFung Chung
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What Women Want
A Therapist, Her Patients, and Their True Stories of Desire, Power and Love

Author: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

Narrator: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

A profound and intimate exploration of female desire and identity, as studied through the lives of seven female therapy patients by award-winning psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung.

Sigmund Freud once said: ‘The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is “What does a woman want?”' Through the relatable and moving stories of seven very different women, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung refutes this inscrutability and sheds light on our most fundamental needs and desires. From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a woman learning to heal after years of trauma, What Women Want is an electrifying and deeply intimate exploration into the inner lives of women.

Based on hours of conversations between Maxine and her patients, this book lays bare our fears, hopes, secrets and capacity for healing. With great empathy and precision, What Women Want presents a fearless look into the depths of who we are, so that we can better understand each other and ourselves.

To desire is an action. This extraordinary book liberates and empowers us to claim what we truly want.

About Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

Maxine Mei-Fung Chun > is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. Trained in the arts, she worked as a Creative Director for ten years at Condé Nast, The Sunday Times and The Times. She lives in London with her son. The Eighth Girl is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ted

I will have to mull over this fine work that is polemic but much more close analysis. Political but more deeply cultural, this is very much an agenda for not merely superficial legislative change but consideration of extensive societal development.......more

Yes, thank you, I am a feminist. And in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision around the Hobby Lobby’s so-called “right” to deny its female employees the contraception of their choice via their health insurance, Rhode's manifesto could not be more timely. The book is not only right on the money p......more

Goodreads review by Soha

True to its title, this book offers an exhaustive agenda for the women's movement. It covers most areas that feminists, from all walks of life, would agree need a lot more work for women to achieve gender equity. The book is very well-researched, with an abundance of statistics, figures and facts. A......more


Quotes

"A rich and intimate examination of female desire, Maxine's book is full of wisdom and insight. I cannot recommend it enough."—Julia Samuel, bestselling author and psychotherapist

“From renowned psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung comes a non-fiction book that reads like a call to arms. . . This is a gripping debut that is searing in its honesty and vulnerability. Exploring trauma, gender, sexuality and mental health, the insight on female desire is so though provoking, the stories of these women dealt with in a captivating and gentle way. Read it.”—Glamour UK