
Voting Day
Clare O'Dea(Author)
O'Dea, Clare (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-2-9701445-0-2 (ISBN)
Description
On a cold, damp Sunday in February 1959, the men of Switzerland decide whether to grant women the right to vote. But what about Swiss women on that day?
Vreni is a hardworking farmer's wife with grown-up children and abandoned dreams. Her daughter Margrit seems to have found success as an office girl in Bern but suddenly finds herself trapped in a difficult situation. Esther, a Yenish woman who was taken from her family as a child, works as a hospital cleaner. Now that her own son Ruedi has been taken into care, the future looks bleak. Esther's boss Beatrice has made a good career as the hospital administrator. She dreads the prospect of a no vote after putting her heart and soul into the yes campaign.
A compelling story of four unforgettable characters whose paths are connected on this voting day by the fate of a ten-year-old foster child.
Vreni is a hardworking farmer's wife with grown-up children and abandoned dreams. Her daughter Margrit seems to have found success as an office girl in Bern but suddenly finds herself trapped in a difficult situation. Esther, a Yenish woman who was taken from her family as a child, works as a hospital cleaner. Now that her own son Ruedi has been taken into care, the future looks bleak. Esther's boss Beatrice has made a good career as the hospital administrator. She dreads the prospect of a no vote after putting her heart and soul into the yes campaign.
A compelling story of four unforgettable characters whose paths are connected on this voting day by the fate of a ten-year-old foster child.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Fribourg
Switzerland
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
Print von Abstimmungsplakaten zum Frauenstimmrecht. Reproductions of posters used in the campaigns for and against women's suffrage in Switzerland.
ISBN-13
978-2-9701445-0-2 (9782970144502)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Writer
Originally from Dublin, Clare O'Dea has lived in Switzerland since 2003. She is the author of two non-fiction books, The Naked Irish & The Naked Swiss. Voting Day is her first novel.
Originally from Dublin, Clare O'Dea has lived in Switzerland since 2003. She is the author of two non-fiction books, The Naked Irish & The Naked Swiss. Voting Day is her first novel.