Roar (short story collection)
Collection of short stories
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Roar is a 2018 short story collection written by Cecelia Ahern. Each story is a fable wherein Ahern pulls from contemporary gender dynamics to introduce a struggling woman and literalizes common clichés with magical realism, and by the end of the tale, the protagonist is empowered by a lesson or realization that allows them to overcome her oppression.[1][2] The collection received positive reviews.
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First edition | |
| Author | Cecelia Ahern |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Aisling Bea, Lara Sawalha, Adjoa Andoh |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Publication date | October 2018 |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0008283490 |
Contents
- "The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared"
- "The Woman Who Was Kept on the Shelf"
- "The Woman Who Grew Wings"
- "The Woman Who Was Fed by a Duck"
- "The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin"
- "The Woman Who Thought Her Mirror Was Broken"
- "The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up by the Floor and Who Met Lots of Other Women Down There, Too"
- "The Woman Who Ordered the Seabass Special"
- "The Woman Who Ate Photographs"
- "The Woman Who Forgot Her Name"
- "The Woman Who Had a Ticking Clock"
- "The Woman Who Sowed Seeds of Doubt"
- "The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged Her Husband"
- "The Woman Who Lost Her Common Sense"
- "The Woman Who Walked in Her Husband's Shoes"
- "The Woman Who Was a Featherbrain"
- "The Woman Who Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve"
- "The Woman Who Wore Pink"
- "The Woman Who Blew Away"
- "The Woman Who Had a Strong Suit"
- "The Woman Who Spoke Woman"
- "The Woman Who Found the World in Her Oyster"
- "The Woman Who Guarded Gonads"
- "The Woman Who Was Pigeonholed"
- "The Woman Who Jumped on the Bandwagon"
- "The Woman Who Smiled"
- "The Woman Who Thought the Grass Was Greener on the Other Side"
- "The Woman Who Unraveled"
- "The Woman Who Cherry-Picked"
- "The Woman Who Roared"
Reception
Kirkus Reviews called it "a sharp, breathtaking collection of fables."[3] Ariel Balter at the New York Journal of Books found the collection to be a "great idea not very well executed" due to its lack of subtlety and nuance.[4] Reviewing for The Irish Times, Martina Evans enjoyed the collection, but felt that the lessons could be more profound if each woman struggled a bit more before the happy ending resolution.[5] Bethanne Patrick praised the collection for The Washington Post with a recommendation to read only one or two of the fables in a sitting in order to best appreciate them.[6]