H(a)ppy: A Novel
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From the internationally acclaimed, Man Booker-shortlisted Nicola Barker comes a new novel, a...
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Nigger
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Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America's...
A Bend in the River
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Set in an unnamed African country, V. S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River is narrated by Salim, a young...
Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution
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Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism...
Tell Me a Riddle
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"Tell Me a Riddle" renders an unforgettable portrait of a working class couple when the gender...
Hers to Protect
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Kaia Sorano is a police officer in the dangerous and gang dominated streets of Chicago. She thinks...
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Sisters of Freedom
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Sydney, Christmas, 1901. Federation has been achieved but Australian women are yet to gain the right...
ClareR (5854 KP) rated The Woman on the Bridge in Books
May 29, 2023
It’s the 1920’s and Ireland is fighting for its independence. There’s so much going on in this story: the fight for Irelands independence; domestic violence; poverty; tuberculosis; women’s rights; emigration of the Irish to the USA and other European countries.
Winifred O’Leary is a strong woman who wants to be independent, both as a woman and as an Irish woman. The book doesn’t go too much into the ins and outs of the political situation, but I’ve certainly learnt more about what went on during this time. It was a hard time to be living in.
Winnie’s husband certainly experiences a lot of this hardship. He’s imprisoned for his actions with his fellow freedom fighters.
This is a love story as well as a story about the politics at the time. I really enjoyed it and I realise that it was first and foremost a love story - and an enjoyable one at that!
Dirty Millions The Clean Way
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Let’s talk about a devastating man-made illness or disease that most of us suffer from each day...