Old Baggage (Kennebec Large Print Superior Collection) - Softcover

Evans, Lissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1432864289 ISBN 13: 9781432864286

Publisher: Kennebec Large Print, 2019

Synopsis

"1928. Riffling through a cupboard, Matilda Simpkin comes across a small wooden club--an old possession that she hasn't seen for more than a decade. Immediately, memories come flooding back to Mattie--memories of a thrilling past, which only further serve to remind her of her chafingly uneventful present. During the Women's Suffrage Campaign, she was a militant who was jailed five times and never missed an opportunity to return to the fray. Now in middle age, the closest she gets to the excitement of herold life is the occasional lecture on the legacy of the militant movement. After running into an old suffragette comrade who has committed herself to the wave of Fascism, Mattie realizes there is a new cause she needs to fight for and turns her focus to a new generation of women. Thus the Amazons are formed, a group created to give girls a place to not only exercise their bodies but their minds, and ignite in young women a much-needed interest in the world around them. But when a new girl joins the group, sending Mattie's past crashing into her present, every principle Mattie has ever stood for is threatened"--

About this title

About the Author:

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including Their Finest Hour and a Half, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize. Crooked Heart was also longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize); it is her first novel to be published in the US. Evans lives in London with her family.

Review:

"Mathilda 'Mattie' Simpkin is a clever, lovably nonconformist heroine... a vividly complex, sympathetic if flawed protagonist."--The Sunday Times

"Hard to resist. Evans impresses again.... Evans, an appealing writer with a taste for unusual historical characters and perspectives as well as sly comic surprises, draws a nicely detailed portrait of post-World War I England."--Kirkus

"Enchanting... Readers will be captivated."--Publishers Weekly

"Vibrant... Teems with period atmosphere and zesty satiric glee."--Booklist

"Affecting...a timely read."--Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Kennebec Large Print
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1432864289
• ISBN 13: 9781432864286
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 403