The concept of the women’s supper club itself in Supper Club is deliciously unashamedly feminist. What happens when women exist in spaces they are told they shouldn’t exist in? When they experience pure joy and act on desires that they’re not supposed to have? When instead of always trying to make themselves smaller and smaller, they make … Continue reading Review: Supper Club – Lara Williams
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Review: #TheWomaninthePhotograph – Stephanie Butland
If you're looking for a novel that will shake up your perspective on the world, this is one for you. Transporting us to the women's movement of the 70s, The Woman in the Photograph, by Stephanie Butland is a feminist book about women's fight for equality and exacting change. We see much of the novel … Continue reading Review: #TheWomaninthePhotograph – Stephanie Butland
Review: #CommonPeople – An Anthology of Working-Class Writers, ed. Kit de Waal @unbounders
Common People, edited by Kit de Waal, brings together a collection of fantastic essays, poems and memoir from a variety of writers on what 'working-class' means to them. What emerges is a powerful force of varied voices, timbres and textures, that is both an enjoyable read and a challenge to the status quo. I don't … Continue reading Review: #CommonPeople – An Anthology of Working-Class Writers, ed. Kit de Waal @unbounders
Review: Expectation – Anna Hope
Expectation by Anna Hope was one of those books I felt an instant connection to. It is one of the most refreshingly honest novels I have read in a long time - an exquisite view of womanhood and female friendships that is at once beautifully tender and painfully raw. It tells the story of friends … Continue reading Review: Expectation – Anna Hope
Review: Confession with Blue Horses – Sophie Hardach
Confession with Blue Horses, by Sophie Hardach is a beautiful novel, set in East Berlin in the 1980s. As soon as I heard a recommendation that anyone who loved the book Alone in Berlin or the film The Lives of Others should read it, I knew it was one for me! I don't typically read … Continue reading Review: Confession with Blue Horses – Sophie Hardach
Through The Pages: ‘Just domestic women’s writing’? | #Unless #CarolShields
The first book I've chosen to talk about in my first 'Through The Pages' post is: Unless, by Carol Shields. Just looking at this well thumbed, loved, pretty bedraggled copy takes me right back to being a teenager, studying for my A-levels and thinking about what I wanted to study at university. I didn't choose … Continue reading Through The Pages: ‘Just domestic women’s writing’? | #Unless #CarolShields
A Modern Family – by Helga Flatland | @HelgaFlatland @rosie_hedger @OrendaBooks
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A Modern Family, by Helga Flatland! From the outset, I knew this was going to be a book that I loved - a book that pulls out the many intricate and meaningful narratives that are hidden within seemingly everyday lives and events. Reading this book feels … Continue reading A Modern Family – by Helga Flatland | @HelgaFlatland @rosie_hedger @OrendaBooks
The Heavens – Sandra Newman
When I first heard about The Heavens, a story about love, alternative universes and time travel - I was very intrigued! At heart it is in many ways about the romance between Kate and Ben, who meet right at the beginning of the novel, at a party at the turn of the millennium. They form … Continue reading The Heavens – Sandra Newman
The Rapture – Claire McGlasson
As soon as I saw the description of this book, I felt myself beginning to be lured in... It tells the story of the Panacea Society, a group of devoted, religious, (mostly) women, who live their lives according to the dedicated principles of the Society and their zealous leader, Octavia. The Society believe that salvation … Continue reading The Rapture – Claire McGlasson
Bonnie and Stan – Anna Stuart
This is just the most endearing story. Bonnie and Stan is about, well...Bonnie and Stan. They are soulmates, who first met in Liverpool in the Swinging Sixties - they have now been together for 50 years, having raised a family and grown old together. When we first meet them, they have just received some news … Continue reading Bonnie and Stan – Anna Stuart
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