The Women of Troy 21st August 2021
Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors – all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods,...
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The Silence of the Girls 11th May 2021
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the International DUBLIN Literary Award There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Discover the greatest...
Union Street 1st January 1970
Vivid, bawdy and bitter’ (The Times), Pat Barker’s first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world. There’s Kelly, at eleven, neglected and independent, dealing...
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