The Little Book of Feminist Saints
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The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont
This inspiring, beautifully illustrated collection honours one hundred exceptional women throughout history and around the world.
A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC * Red *
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles * Observer *
Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference; frank, fearless, funny and switched on to the injustices placed upon them, they set out to do something about their unfair restrictions. . Thapp's portraits providing the glorious visuals * Psychologies *
The beautifully illustrated collection, with artwork by Manjit Thapp, deserves to be framed in every woman's living room - an inspiration for any situation * Diva *
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints * Red Online *
Pierpont condenses a lifetime into a few lines, capturing their essence in a striking snapshot . . . a thoroughly brilliant and informative read * The Skinny *
Thapp's expressive artwork is determined to reflect the world she inhabits: multi-ethnic, and filled with powerful women * Vogue Online *
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women spanning the ages, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles -- Anita Sethi * Guardian *
Take a hundred remarkable women, from different countries and different eras, provide each with a graceful and striking portrait by talented illustrator Manjit Thapp, and you have a small book packing a big punch. * Independent, Best New Non-Fiction Feminist Books *
Highly entertaining and inspiring * The Lady *
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women . . . Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults . . . Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge * Kirkus *
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women ... Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults ... Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge. * Kirkus *
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints. -- Sarra Manning * Red Online *
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles * Observer *
Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a difference; frank, fearless, funny and switched on to the injustices placed upon them, they set out to do something about their unfair restrictions. . Thapp's portraits providing the glorious visuals * Psychologies *
The beautifully illustrated collection, with artwork by Manjit Thapp, deserves to be framed in every woman's living room - an inspiration for any situation * Diva *
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints * Red Online *
Pierpont condenses a lifetime into a few lines, capturing their essence in a striking snapshot . . . a thoroughly brilliant and informative read * The Skinny *
Thapp's expressive artwork is determined to reflect the world she inhabits: multi-ethnic, and filled with powerful women * Vogue Online *
This finely illustrated book, featuring the potted biographies of 100 inspiring women spanning the ages, is brimful of startling anecdotes about females who flouted traditional gender roles -- Anita Sethi * Guardian *
Take a hundred remarkable women, from different countries and different eras, provide each with a graceful and striking portrait by talented illustrator Manjit Thapp, and you have a small book packing a big punch. * Independent, Best New Non-Fiction Feminist Books *
Highly entertaining and inspiring * The Lady *
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women . . . Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults . . . Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge * Kirkus *
An enticing collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary women ... Pierpont's pithy write-ups are accompanied by Thapp's funky, wonderfully expressive color illustrations, making for an engaging picture-book experience for adults ... Bold and sassy, Pierpont and Thapp's "little" collection of secular "saints" stands tall: required reading for any seeking to broaden their historical knowledge. * Kirkus *
As 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, there is some really great feminist non-fiction publishing this year like The Little Book Of Feminist Saints. -- Sarra Manning * Red Online *
Julia Pierpont (Author)
Julia Pierpont is the author of the New York Times bestseller Among the Ten Thousand Things, winner of the Prix Fitzgerald in France. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the MFA program at New York University. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, New Yorker, New York Times Book Review and Guernica. She lives and teaches in New York.
Manjit Thapp (Illustrator)
Manjit Thapp is an illustrator from the United Kingdom. She graduated with a BA in illustration from Camberwell College of Arts in 2016. Her illustrations combine both traditional and digital media, and her work has been featured by Instagram, Dazed, Vogue India and Wonderland Magazine. Find out more https://www.manjitthapp.co.uk/about/ or on Instagram @manjitthapp.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349011271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349011273 |
| Title | The Little Book of Feminist Saints |
| Author | Julia Pierpont |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2018-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |