No One Loves an Angry Woman

“Gemma Hartley’s account of unlearning fear, questioning faith, walking away from white patriarchy, and finding freedom on the other side is searing and compelling. Both personal memoir and cultural critique, this book is a courageous example of walking out of the only story you’ve ever been told and, an act of generosity, writing your own.”
—Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her and The Resilience Myth

“Gemma Hartley has written a memoir that is at once a feminist manifesto and a love letter to her younger self. Not only is this book packed with mic-drop wisdom; its gorgeous prose will demand to be read, reread, and read again. Each essay acts as a North Star to deftly guide the reader through the life of the book’s titular ‘angry woman.’ But what Hartley does by the end is utterly brilliant—not only will you fall in love with this ‘unlovable angry woman’; you will admire her, you will respect her, and you will applaud her.”
—Reema Zaman, author of I Am Yours

“A brave, bold, timely, and intimate exploration of how Christian patriarchy harms girls and women. No One Loves an Angry Woman probes the intricate process by which our emotions become gendered and constrained as we grow up, as well as the complicated work women must do to save themselves from worldviews that don’t perceive them as fully human and to find their own voices amid so much clamoring about who and what women should be. The honesty and rigor of this book is a gift.”
—Amanda Montei, author of Touched Out