It is a minor tragedy in the life of a book reviewer when she realizes that agreeing with a book’s conclusions (and even revering its author) is not always sufficient to make the book much good.

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This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One often hears today that gender is a social construct. The idea is ...