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A review by vmbee
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux
3.0
Longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize, Nonfiction
Faber & Faber edition in our library; might save the print version for later, but listened to the audiobook it was quite disappointing as someone so interested in art/artists (obviously!), knowing some of Gauguin’s complex & troubling life / ways, but beautiful works… just don’t understand how it was longlisted / featured here when other eligible books left off the list completely that are much more deserving… my favorite part was his feelings on van Gogh & talk of Debussy & etc, but maybe it was just not written / organized well? maybe it was the narrator’s voice? not sure… but will explore the print book later & see if my feelings for this book change.
<i>rankings (shortlisted books numbered) </i>
<b>2025 Women’s Prize—Nonfiction</b>
* Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
* By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice by Rebecca Nagle
1. Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and a Medical Miracle by Rachel Clarke
2. What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean by Helen Scales
3. A Thousand Threads: A Memoir by Neneh Cherry
4. Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter by Clare Mulley
5. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
* Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum
* Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet Wistrich
* Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux
* Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
* The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV by Helen Castor
6. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order by Yuan Yang
[14/16 read, & calling it; saving two in our library for later: Tracker by Alexis Wright & Ootlin by Jenni Fagan]
Faber & Faber edition in our library; might save the print version for later, but listened to the audiobook it was quite disappointing as someone so interested in art/artists (obviously!), knowing some of Gauguin’s complex & troubling life / ways, but beautiful works… just don’t understand how it was longlisted / featured here when other eligible books left off the list completely that are much more deserving… my favorite part was his feelings on van Gogh & talk of Debussy & etc, but maybe it was just not written / organized well? maybe it was the narrator’s voice? not sure… but will explore the print book later & see if my feelings for this book change.
<i>rankings (shortlisted books numbered) </i>
<b>2025 Women’s Prize—Nonfiction</b>
* Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
* By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice by Rebecca Nagle
1. Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and a Medical Miracle by Rachel Clarke
2. What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean by Helen Scales
3. A Thousand Threads: A Memoir by Neneh Cherry
4. Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter by Clare Mulley
5. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
* Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum
* Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet Wistrich
* Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux
* Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
* The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV by Helen Castor
6. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order by Yuan Yang
[14/16 read, & calling it; saving two in our library for later: Tracker by Alexis Wright & Ootlin by Jenni Fagan]