Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

ISBN-13:	9780143038702
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/26/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	64,831
Product dimensions:	5.29(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.66(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

A journalist’s provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man.Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man’s world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Vincent spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women aren’t around. As Ned, she joined a bowling team, took a high-octane sales job, went on dates with women (and men), visited strip clubs, and even managed to infiltrate a monastery and a men’s therapy group. At once thought-provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.