How to Make a Woman

Author(s): Darrieussecq, Marie,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 13/08/2026,
Pagination: 256 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions,
Published By: Fitzcarraldo Editions,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 197 x 125
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781804272695

Rose and Solange are lifelong friends, growing up together in the Basque region of France in the 1980s. Their paths are intertwined, yet they enter adulthood on radically different footing: Rose, who prizes stability above all else, moves to Bordeaux to study psychology and remains committed to her childhood sweetheart, Christian; rebellious Solange shakes off her old connections and moves from Bordeaux to Paris to London in pursuit of a life on the stage. In How to Make a Woman, we follow the young womens experiences of adolescence, love, sex, work and motherhood, as they negotiate their places in the world and find their own versions of fulfilment. Written with humour and heart, Marie Darrieussecqs latest novel is an electrifying, sometimes brutal portrait of female friendship and of two identities under construction, by one of the most original voices in contemporary French literature (Times Literary Supplement).