Old Baggage
Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Literature 2019
$25.85
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2019
Summary
Perfectly timed for the centenary of the women’s vote in 2018, OLD BAGGAGE takes a unique approach to the suffragette story. Mattie was once a militant campaigner but now in middle age, she finds herself a purposeful woman without a purpose.
‘The work of a novelist in her prime’ - Daily Telegraph ‘Wise and witty’ - Sarah Hughes, Observer ‘Essential … Evans is a brilliant storyteller’ - Stylist ‘A timely, bittersweet comic novel’ - Guardian ‘A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel’ - …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784161217 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784161217 |
| Author: | Lissa Evans |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Wise and witty
Wise and witty – Sarah Hughes * Observer *
I loved Old Baggage. Such original characters, and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. – JoJo Moyes
Utterly wonderful and intelligent – India Knight * Sunday Times Magazine *
A timely, bittersweet comic novel * Guardian *
Old Baggage gives an inspiring model of womanhood. Moving, warm and wry. It is wonderful! – Marian Keyes
This beautifully written story teems with atmosphere and perfect period detail but it’s the brave and brilliant Mattie that makes it unforgettable * Sunday Mirror *
Essential … Evans is a brilliant storyteller * Stylist *
Lissa Evans’s gift for comedy edged with satire and pathos is God-given … Mattie’s search for meaning and purpose, which hints at the darker undercurrents of people marginalised by their sex and era, will strike a chord with most. – Elizabeth Buchan * Daily Mail *
A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel, offering an invigoratingly fresh vantage on a well-trodden period – Patricia Nicol * Sunday Times *
Lissa Evans writes with beguiling wit and vigour. I found myself utterly involved with her heroines, and the history is spot-on. – Jane Robinson, author of HEARTS AND MINDS
About The Author
Lissa Evans
Lissa Evans has written seven novels, including the bestselling Old Baggage, Their Finest Hour and a Half (filmed as Their Finest), Small Change for Stuart and Wed Wabbit, both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and Small Bomb at Dimperley. Prior to writing novels, she produced Father Ted.
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