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What Wild Women Do
What Wild Women Do: A Novel | Karma Brown
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"Karma Brown keeps delivering knockout after knockout. She is an auto-buy author for me!" Taylor Jenkins Reid If you want to transform, you cant be tentative. Eddie Callaway, Wild Women Handbook (1975) An aspiring contemporary screenwriter, a 1970s socialite-turned-feminist, and the camp in the woods that ties their stories together forever, in #1 internationally bestselling author Karma Browns new novel about ambition, betrayal, and the wildness that exists in all of us. Rowan is stuck. Her dream of becoming a Hollywood screenwriter is stalled, and so she and her novelist fianc, Seth, retreat to an isolated cabin in the Adirondacks to hopefully get out of their creative ruts. There, Rowan finds herself drawn into a mysterious and unsettling storythat of socialite-turned-feminist-crusader Eddie Callaway, who vanished in these same woods the summer of 1975 and was never heard from again. A handbook found in the abandoned ruins of the Callaway camp gives Rowan glimpses into who Eddie was, and then a fateful discovery offers clues about what might have happened to her. Soon, Rowan finds herself with a story potentially more shocking than Eddies notes about sun salutations and pineapple upside-down cake would indicate. As Rowan learns more about the enigmatic Eddie, who got a second chance at life after a profound loss, she discovers the camp leaders greatest wish: to help other women unlock their true, though long-repressed, wildness. However, Eddies methods and wild ways werent welcomed by all, and rifts between the camp owners threatened her mission, perhaps perilously. As Rowan draws closer to the truth of Eddies unsolved disappearance, she realizes that the past may hold two keys: one that reveals what really happened to Eddie Callaway, and another that unlocks a future beyond her wildest imagination.
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SarahBookInterrupted
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Karma Brown was on our podcast and mentioned she was working on this book. It didn‘t disappoint. This book is about the wild woman archetype and Eddie is the perfect representation in my opinion. I wish she was real and I wish her Wild Women camp existed so I could attend. I love all the nature and bird references, but mostly I loved the thoughts and feelings it evoke to stay true to my wild women. There is more to this story than meets the eye.

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AudiobookingWithLeah
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Outlier alert: while everyone else liked Eddie‘s POV, I struggled to stay in the story on her part. I guess I‘m an enigma because I didn‘t find her all that interesting. Also, I was not a fan of the ending. Overall, I didn‘t hate this in any way…but I didn‘t like it all that much, either. But while I was not fond of it much I can see how it might appeal to others. The narration by Helen Laser and Karissa Vacker was fantastic.

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angieinwonderland
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This story took a winding path to get to the point where it captured me, but when it did, I found myself in love with both Edith and Rowan. I actually really loved many of the characters in both timelines. I experienced the heart thump typical to the end of a good ending.

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Mpcacher
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I loved this novel. It had mystery, a feminist slant, some recent historical fiction, lots of nature, some humor, many of wise words of advice and a great storyline. The characters felt so real I wanted to become friends with some of them. This is the fourth book I have read by this author and the best yet. I don't think it would be classified as great literature, but it sure was great storytelling. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 4.75/5

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