Crooked Pieces by Sarah Grazebrook
Maggie seems to be going up in the world. Compared to living with her impoverished family and watching her mother being worn down by childbearing, working as a maid is a big improvement. Her new life allows her to enter a completely different world, the world of the suffragettes and, more than that, the Pankhursts - Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia - icons for a generation of women in search of justice, equality and the right to vote. Then another new face enters her life - and it's a handsome one at that. Maggie soon falls for young Fred Thorpe and before long they are 'walking out' together. But any joy she feels at their relationship is tempered by the knowledge that he is a police officer and, as such, is the sworn enemy of the women's movement. Drawn into an increasingly militant battle with the authorities and Government, Maggie is torn between her loyalty to the man she loves and her passionate belief in the cause for which she is fighting. She and her comrades are determined to achieve their goal, but just how much is Maggie prepared to sacrifice? A beautifully written and emotionally charged narrative, "Crooked Pieces" offers a glimpse into our collective past and pays tribute to the women who dared to change history.
'Sarah Grazebrook's characterisation and dialogue are excellent' HEAT '[Her writing has] freshness and spontaneity: the effect is of listening to someone talking, a bright, pert conversationalist with a stock of good one-liners and a keen eye for human foibles' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
SARAH GRAZEBROOK exchanged a career as a television actress for one as a writer following the birth of her second child. Her first novel, Not Waving, won the Cosmopolitan Fiction Prize and she has written six others. She wrote a monthly column, 'Notes from the Garret', for Kent Life for four and a half years and contributes to a variety of satirical radio programmes. Sarah has wide experience of teaching creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and at Macon in France. She now lives in Deal, Kent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749081836 |
| ISBN 10 | 074908183X |
| Title | Crooked Pieces |
| Author | Sarah Grazebrook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Allison & Busby |
| Year published | 2007-05-28 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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