Was wir Frauen wollen

What does it mean to be a woman? Isabel Allende is an icon, a beloved writer worldwide, and a role model for many. In this passionate, provocative, and inspiring memoir, she reflects on her life and writes about her most important theme – it is the moving appeal of a great feminist.

From an early age, young Isabel witnesses her mother, abandoned by her husband, caring for her children day in and day out, "without means or voice." Isabel becomes a wild, rebellious girl, determined to fight for a life her mother could not have. In the late sixties, Isabel is active in the women's movement. Surrounded by like-minded female journalists, she writes "with a knife between her teeth" and for the first time feels comfortable in her own skin. Through three marriages, she experiences how to grow as a woman in relationships, how to fail and get back up, and that one must embrace their own sexual desires.

What do women want today? Love and respect, and above all, control over their lives and bodies and independence. In these respects, however, there is still much to be done, says Isabel Allende. And this book, she hopes, will help "inspire our daughters and granddaughters. They must live for us, just as we lived for our mothers, and continue the work we have begun.".