Mad Women : True Stories of Defiant Kenyan Women (PREORDER)

Mad Women is a collection of ten fearless stories about Kenyan women who broke societal expectations and stepped outside the lines. Wives, daughters, lovers, and mothers who  broke the rules of culture, religion, marriage and morality.

The women in these stories are not empowered in a neat way. They’re messy, contradictory, brave, reckless, tender,  and sometimes unlikable. Mad Women is funny, sad, defiant and true, a mirror held up to a country that still  believes a woman’s defiance is a form of madness. Joan Thatiah delivers stories that are raw, scandalous and disarmingly human.