The Sisterhood Myth

Every woman knows it. Few women dare say it. Until now. From village gossip to online pile-ons, school gate bitching to co-ordinated digital mobbing, The Sisterhood Myth is a trail-blazing, culture-defining narrative by Sunday Times best-selling author, Liz Fraser, about a mostly over-looked, unexamined aspect of misogyny: that carried out by other women. It starts an urgent conversation about something every woman knows but few dare talk about honestly: how women and girls engage in behaviour designed to harm other women and girls - from moral policing to social exclusion, sexual shaming to reputational and professional destruction - seemingly without consequence or limit.

Part blistering memoir of being trolled both online and in real life, almost to the point of not wanting to carry on living any more, part unapologetic manifesto for change on the thorny, secretive, ever-growing but curiously almost unspoken issue of female misogyny, The Sisterhood Myth is a powerful, poignant and shocking cultural analysis of the long and bloody history of female rivalry, that could not be more relevant for our times. Interviewing experts in their fields from social historians to psychiatrists, behavioural scientists to those at the forefront of artificial intelligence, and both those who’ve been victims of female misogyny and who've engaged in it, Fraser unflinchingly examines the history and psychology and of women harming other women, and the new and growing threats to women’s wellbeing through digital platforms and AI.

Surprisingly tender and compassionate, fearless and at times very funny, The Sisterhood Myth speaks for women everywhere who’ve been damaged by other women, but never felt they could speak out, and asks what can be done to reduce this type of female misogyny across all sectors of society – and in ourselves. Praise for Liz Fraser's previous books:"An extraordinary book.

Deeply painful and loving" - Adam Key, writer"Visceral and gripping." - Amy Liptrot, writer"Loved this book so much.

Liz Fraser writes with such empathy, honesty and love.

Brave and powerful and sometimes shocking this book will forever stay with me." - Amazon reviewer "...heart-breaking, eye-opening, no-frills personal and well-written account, I found it impossible to put this book down...' - Amazon reviewer "A Triumph!

Liz nails the reality of the Middle Years with humour, empathy and fearlessness" - Natasha Pearlman, Exec director Glamour US"What a gorgeous, funny book." - Emma Thompson, actress and screenwriter "I DEVOURED the book.

Truly great work!" - Eva Rice, author