Wild Hope by Marisa Bate
Retracing my mothers footsteps in search of womens freedom 1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in Omaha, Nebraska, thousands of miles from home.‘Powerful… a brilliant storyteller’ Laura Bates, founder of The Everyday Sexism Project
‘Interweaving the personal with the political, Wild Hope lyrical and rousing.’ i Culture
“Blends personal and political insights to show why feminism matters more than ever.” Harper’s Bazaar
‘A book that leaves its reader with something priceless: a fresh, fierce determination to hope.’ Natasha Lunn
‘Marisa Bate is a richly talented writer and Wild Hope bursts with fury, passion and love. It's hard to put down and even harder to forget.’
Will Storr
‘Bate takes us on an ambitious journey that captures the spirit of the 1970s, and reminds us that we still have much to fight and hope for.’
Helena Lee
Marisa Bate was the first member of staff at the Webby-winning ‘The Pool’ and has built a respected and trusted name as a feminist journalist, writing for, amongst others, the Guardian, the Times, The Telegraph, the i Paper, the Independent, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, PORTER, Grazia, Stylist, Red, and Vogue.co.uk. She is the author of The Periodic Table of Feminism (Ebury, 2018), which was published in the US by Seal Press and included in Bustle’s best books of the year.
Marisa is a regular commentator on feminist issues, with recent appearances across TV radio including BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight and Woman’s Hour. Marisa holds an MA in Twentieth Century Literature and its Intellectual Contexts from Goldsmiths, London. Her piece about Doria Ragland, single mothers and her own mother was The Pool’s highest performing piece of content ever.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780008392413 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008392412 |
| Title | Wild Hope |
| Author | Marisa Bate |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2023-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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