{"title":"The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back","authors":"S. de Silva","doi":"10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101675","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Sue Lloyd-Roberts. London, UK: Simon & Schuster, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1-471-15390-7. Price: £16.00. Pages: 320 (hardcover)\n\nNot long after the author's death (the journalist, Sue Lloyd-Roberts) in October 2015, I heard her daughter speaking about this book on Radio 4. The ideas behind the book, and its aim to report on the experiences of women worldwide, sounded compelling. However, I was apprehensive that reading the book would prove too disturbing. It is shocking, but also extraordinary, and I could not put it down.\n\nSue Lloyd-Roberts writes transparently, based on the interviews that she conducted. Each chapter begins …","PeriodicalId":15734,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care","volume":"43 1","pages":"83 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101675","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101675","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sue Lloyd-Roberts. London, UK: Simon & Schuster, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1-471-15390-7. Price: £16.00. Pages: 320 (hardcover)
Not long after the author's death (the journalist, Sue Lloyd-Roberts) in October 2015, I heard her daughter speaking about this book on Radio 4. The ideas behind the book, and its aim to report on the experiences of women worldwide, sounded compelling. However, I was apprehensive that reading the book would prove too disturbing. It is shocking, but also extraordinary, and I could not put it down.
Sue Lloyd-Roberts writes transparently, based on the interviews that she conducted. Each chapter begins …