Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors
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Margaret Atwood
Linda Grant
Emma Donoghue
Stella Duffy
Susie Boyt
Ali Smith
Helen Oyeyemi
Rachel Seiffert
CN Lester
Caroline O'Donoghue
Chibundu Onuzo
Eleanor Crewes
Kirsty Logan
Kamila Shamsie
Claire Kohda
Annie Hodson
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'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine 'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist ______________________________ A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:
Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.
For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.
In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.
'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian 'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives
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A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike
Perspective
Delightful and thought-provoking
Kiran Duggal
Harper's Bazaar
Spell-binding . . . these vivid works of imagination are further proof that, back in 1973, Virago's founder Carmen Calil was on to something
Daily Mirror
A collection of dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring
Tortoise Media
A collection of wild works by wild women is the perfect tribute to Virago's impact and legacy
The Press and Journal
Some stories are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots
The Scotsman
Some are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots
Stylist
Definitely where power and feminist rage meet
Irish Examiner
[Furies addresses] the full panoply of 'isms' such as racism, ageism, heroism, terrorism, and classism, all congregated under feminism
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