Fast Fallen Women introduces 75 new essays about the dangerous, enthralling ways women fall--and how we get back on our feet, more deft, decisive, and daring than ever. Holding a compact mirror up to life with the same curiosity that Eve once held the apple, editor Gina Barreca's latest inclusive collection of short, sharp feminist pieces illuminate women's courage, creativity, and wit. With new and original works by:

• Amy Tan
• Jane Smiley
• Bobbie Ann Mason
• Caroline Leavitt
• Darien Hsu Gee
• Honor Moore
• Ilene Beckerman
• Lynn Peril

As well as many other ground-breaking journalists, novelists, screenwriters, and essayists, join a wide range of emerging authors who write from diverse perspectives to make Fast Fallen Women an essential-read. Mixing memoir, confession, humor, lived-experience, professional discoveries, and intimate revelations, Fast Fallen Women gives whispered conversations a full voice.