Nevertheless She Persisted
Published on 6. September 2018
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-1-78845-025-6 (ISBN)
Description
Clara and Nancy, two sisters working in Holloway Prison in 1913, find themselves face-to-face with imprisoned suffragettes: women fighting for the same freedoms they want for themselves.
Soon Nancy is drawn to one inmate in particular - the enigmatic 'Duchess' - and decides to follow her into the fight.
But Clara is torn by the very laws her sister has chosen to try to change. She's fallen in love, and yet marriage would mean giving up the job she loves, and losing her independence forever. How can she possibly choose between the two sides of her heart and not lose a part of herself?
Soon Nancy is drawn to one inmate in particular - the enigmatic 'Duchess' - and decides to follow her into the fight.
But Clara is torn by the very laws her sister has chosen to try to change. She's fallen in love, and yet marriage would mean giving up the job she loves, and losing her independence forever. How can she possibly choose between the two sides of her heart and not lose a part of herself?
Reviews / Votes
This is a wonderfully written story of two sisters coming of age in a time of upheaval and social change; a story about protest and politics, class war and gender war. Nancy and Clara are fabulously well-drawn characters and this book will appeal to girls who like strong female leads * Historical Novel Society Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78845-025-6 (9781788450256)
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Jon Walter
Nevertheless She Persisted
E-Book
09/2018
David Fickling Books
€10.79
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Person
Jon Walter is inspired by the power of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. A former photojournalist, he took pictures of the people we rarely get to see, and as a writer he listens out for the quieter voices of those that don't get heard. Here, inspired by the suffragette movement, he explores how it was the everyday decisions of women over their own lives that made its success inevitable. Jon's previous books, Close to the Wind and My Name's Not Friday, were also published by DFB, and have been shortlisted for numerous awards.