A Short History of Women

This is the kind of book that slowly catches up to you and by the time you finish, leaves what you know will be a lasting impression. It's told in short story format, episodes in the lives of about 6 or so women and their common ancestor, a suffragist who starved herself in protest for the right to vote. I liked it because it explored women in many roles, and in those roles across the 20th century - scientist, activist, mother, wife, friend, daughter, etc . . . And no one role was more favored or more prominent than the other. Well, except perhaps daughter. It's (yet another) one I think would be enhanced by a discussion with my book club!