Liza's England by Pat Barker
Written by one of the finest award-winning chroniclers of the lives of northern working-class women.
A modern-day masterpiece * Sunday Times *
The third, Liza's England, in many ways the most moving of the trilogy, tracks the life of a northern working-class woman from the beginning of the century to well into Thatcher's reign, exploding feminist myths as readily as political onesBarker's women do not want equality with men - their men are just as powerless as they are, seeking solace only in drinking, fighting and fucking -- Belinda Webb * Guardian *
Readers turn to Barker's novels for their plain truths and clear-eyed sense of our history and creation stories * Sunday Times *
The third, Liza's England, in many ways the most moving of the trilogy, tracks the life of a northern working-class woman from the beginning of the century to well into Thatcher's reign, exploding feminist myths as readily as political onesBarker's women do not want equality with men - their men are just as powerless as they are, seeking solace only in drinking, fighting and fucking -- Belinda Webb * Guardian *
Readers turn to Barker's novels for their plain truths and clear-eyed sense of our history and creation stories * Sunday Times *
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860686118 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860686116 |
| Title | Liza's England |
| Author | Pat Barker |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1986-09-18 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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