Three Women on Stan is based on a best-selling book, and is now an unmissable new series.

Three Women on Stan is a mesmerising new piece of television, telling a series of raw and powerful female-led stories that we only rarely get to see play out on screen.

The 10-part series is based on the 2019 best-selling book of the same name written by author and journalist Lisa Taddeo, who also created and executive produced the series.

The TV offering is a fictionalised adaptation of the critically acclaimed book and stars Big Little Lies actress Shailene Woodley as Gia, a fictionalised version of Taddeo who sets out to interview a series of women for her book, uncovering their unique stories, befriending her subjects and facing a series of life-changing moments in her own life along the way. 

After Taddeo first had the idea for the book, she spent more than eight years travelling across America and interviewing her subjects, all in order to find three seemingly normal women who would share their sex lives and deepest thoughts with her. 

In the book, Taddeo took readers through the true stories of three very different women named Sloane, Maggie, and Lina. 

Take a look at the trailer for Three Women, only on Stan.

Readers were introduced to the beautiful and privileged Sloane who allows her husband to watch her have sex with other people, because he gets an intense thrill from it. Mother of two Lina married a cold and unaffectionate man and then started an affair with an old boyfriend. Maggie was dealing with the aftermath of alleging that she had a sexual relationship with her high school teacher and the legal and social ramifications that followed for sharing her story.

The TV series takes the stories and names from the book and fleshes them out across the show's run to tell three very different and intricate tales, all featuring women who find themselves at some sort of crossroads in their lives. 

Glow star Betty Gilpin plays Lina, a devout stay-at-home mum who is suffering from debilitating endometriosis and fibromyalgia pain but has yet to find little relief or assistance from the doctors she has visited. After meeting writer Gia in a women's group, Lina reveals that she has given her physically non-affectionate husband an ultimatum when it comes to their relationship, while also embarking on an affair. 

Gabrielle Creevy gives a compelling performance as Maggie, a young working-class women in North Dakota. Six years earlier she was in a sexual relationship with her (quite disturbing) high school teacher (played by Jason Ralph) and after he is honoured with a Teacher of the Year award, Maggie decides to tell the authorities exactly what happened between them.

Jurassic World: Dominion star DeWanda Wise is captivating as the almost otherworldly business owner and caterer Sloane, whose relationship on paper with her husband (Blair Underwood) seems sexually adventurous, but as the series goes on, we begin to see the true complexities of it. 

Three Women contains all the elements that made the book such a captivating read, deep diving into these three very different stories and exploring a range of issues in a nuanced and emotional way. 

But what Taddeo has been able to achieve by turning her book into a series stands alone as its own piece of storytelling. Through this fictionalised version of her work, she has expanded these characters and their worlds, building on the book that debuted at number one on The New York Times bestseller and turning it into something new. 

Creating a TV landscape that delves into tales of infidelity, sexuality, motherhood, sexual desire, regret, passion, and what it feels like to make a decision that will change your life.

In the TV version of this story, Taddeo is able to expand the stories of the three main protagonists, adding new depth to their characters and more twists to their stories. 

It is also fascinating to watch Woodley portray a fictionalised version of Taddeo on screen, offering deeper insight into what her life was like in the years she searched for these women, heard their stories, and had her own life changed forever by what they told her. Her narration perfectly anchors the series as it builds to a climactic and satisfying finale.

If you loved the book Three Women, then you'll enjoy this expanded TV version of the story and appreciate once again experiencing the world Taddeo is able to so brilliantly build and invite us into. 

If you have yet to read the book, then you'll be captivated by these women and their unique stories. 

Women's stories rarely get told on screen with this amount of nuance, emotional depth, humour, and passion. Which makes Three Women an unmissable new drama series. 

All episodes of Three Women are now streaming, only on Stan.

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