A raw, sharp-witted feminist autobiography from one of Britain’s leading sociologists, Taking It Like a Woman (1984) charts Ann Oakley’s journey through marriage, motherhood, mental breakdown, illness—and that haunting, borderline fictional love affair that lifts a dozen chapters. Written with clarity, irony, and that fierce yet tender Oakley insight, it’s a vivid reckoning of personal contradictions and the realities of life as a woman shaped by society—and seeking her own truth in it.
