The Woman Who Lived Like a Man: Suzanne's Diary

Suzanne never knew how to live halfway.All her life, she refused to let anyone decide for her what a woman was supposed to be. An unruly little girl, a rebellious teenager, a free woman, an elusive lover, a feared business owner, a mother in her own way, and later a fiercely grounded elected official, she moved through her time by forcing open every place the world tried to deny her.At eighty-four, as her body begins to fail her, Suzanne sets out to tell the story of her life. She summons back the fights, the first stirrings of desire, the men she loved, her children, the birth of her company, her rise through society, her political battles, the betrayals, the falls, the wounds she suffered, and the ones she left behind.The Woman Who Lived Like a Man traces, from age eight to eighty-four, the incandescent portrait of a life lived against norms, boundaries, and surrender.A powerful, sensual, unmasked story about the freedom to be oneself - whatever the cost.