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Tag: patriarchy
The Sirens
Magical realism meets historical fiction in The Sirens. Two sets of sisters, women in distress and an ocean offering comfort and succour…
Kitty Collins series: How To Kill Men… and You’d Look Good in a Coffin
Katy Brent’s Kitty Collins books are fun with a serious message. Too many men are violent against women. They don’t all get away with it.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
A horror story, of subjugated children, pregnancy and forced adoption, witchcraft and a pact with the devil.
The Maiden of Florence
A beautifully written historical novel based on true events in 16thC Italy and a profoundly moving portrayal of sexual trauma.
The Glassmaker
A multiple-timeline novel about the history of Murano glassmaking, following Orsola Rosso from 1486 to now.
The House of the Witch
Immersive story, set in the 17th century and the present, about female defiance of patriarchal control.
Blue Hawk
Immersive story about a textile worker, set in 17th century Gloucestershire. Blue Hawk celebrates female tenacity and ingenuity.
The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin
Another in the latest slew of books about women truly killing it. Entertaining.
The Book of Secrets
We are plunged into 17th century Rome, where women strive to survive in a patriarchal world perhaps not so very different from our own.