A female perspective on gender, femininity, and sexuality.
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859 AD. Lord and guardian of the estuary, Radmer Of Donmouth, is sent on a royal mission to Rome, leaving his vulnerable daughter Elfrun to hold the fort, as predators start to circle.
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Liz Lyon has a glamorous job on the nation’s favourite television show, but as a working single-mum, life is forever a balancing act. Until something happens at the station that tips the scales, leading her to wonder: who can she trust?
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From the fruits of his incest, to his friend Shelley’s wife, this ‘anti-biography’ tells the story of nine women, and the Romantic poet who mistreated them, Lord Byron.
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After her mother passes away, Else is forced to return home to the Scottish island where she suffered torment seven years ago. And her old tormentor has a gift for her…
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Railroad heiress, global traveller and bohemian sensualist, Aimee Crocker lived life her way, escaping headhunters in Borneo, poisoning in Hong Kong and knife-throwing servants in Shanghai. Through lavish parties, five husbands and multiple lovers — this is her story.
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Fifteen stories exploring the lives of women unified by a desire to seek liberation from domestic societal expectation. From a girl born with feathers seeking her absent mother to a woman psychologically trapped in a car — welcome to this animal wife.
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In this thoroughly researched and evocative narrative, Ann Baer paints a compelling living portrait of a year in the life of Marion — a medieval carpenter’s wife.
From the gruelling daily grind and fight for survival. to battles with unpredictable weather and the Lord of the Manor, immerse yourself in a lost world at the heart of a tightly knit community without soap, paper, glass and with the most basic of tools.
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Banished after birthing a boy out of wedlock, bereft and broken-hearted Netta finds solace in the quiet pleasure of sewing. Dressmaking repairs Netta’s self-respect but can it restitch the frayed fabric of her mother-child bond?
