Old Baggage

Zusatztext

<p><b>'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes,<i>Observer</i></b> <b>'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller'<i>Stylist</i></b></p><p><b>What do you do next, after youve changed the world?</b></p><p>It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade.</p><p>Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Womens Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing nothing since then has had the same depth, the same excitement.</p><p>Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea but what starts as a brilliantly idealistic plan is derailed by a connection with Matties militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for.</p><p><b><i>Old Baggage</i>is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight.</b></p><p><b>'Utterly wonderful and intelligent' India Knight,<i>Sunday Times Magazine</i></b> <b></b> <b>'This beautifully written story teems with atmosphere and perfect period detail but its the brave and brilliant Mattie that makes it unforgettable'<i>Sunday Mirror</i></b> <b></b> <b>'A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel, offering an invigoratingly fresh vantage on a well-trodden period' Patricia Nicol,<i>Sunday Times</i></b></p>

Autorenportrait

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including<i>Their Finest Hour and a Half,</i>longlisted for the Orange Prize,<i>Small Change for Stuart,</i>shortlisted for many awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Book Awards and<i>Crooked Heart</i>, longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

Weitere Details