One of the Boys

<p><span style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)>Lynn Lobban went to Dartmouth College in 1968 as one of its first women. Desperate to fit in on a campus of 3000 men she pledged a fraternity and endured a challenging initiation to become a full-fledged member. But as desperate as she was for male power she needed male approval. </span><em style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)>One of the Boys: Surviving Dartmouth Family and the Wilderness of Men</em><span style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)> is a sometimes devastating and often humorous look at how family abuse and male culture frequently converge to harm women throughout their lives; how one woman suppressed her traumatic childhood to become a fire-brand fighting the institutional injustice of a college that refused to accept her as an equal. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Crisp unflinchingly sharp prose makes this book a remarkable remembrance of a troubled childhood . . . [Lobban] notes how her experience at Dartmouth answered her stated need to be 'one of the boys and offered her temporary quasi-membership in a male power structure . . . a skillfully composed often disturbing read with barbed moments of levity.</strong></p><p><strong> -<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>One of the Boys</em> is a must read for anyone who has survived a dysfunctional home and any form of childhood trauma. Insightful relatable and at times even hilarious Lobban's memoir is a page turner where you'll find yourself rooting for her on every step of her unconventional journey.</strong></p><p><strong>- Yvonne Cassidy author of <em>The Other Boy</em></strong></p><p><br></p>