Books
by Lissa Evans
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Old Baggage |
This book has everything. It is funny, uplifting, warm, and an inspiring model of womanhood. It gives a fresh outlook on a well documented period of women in History. The characters are wonderfully recorded, particularly 'Old Baggage' herself. It reminds us of how much women 'gave up' to get us the vote.
(Shirley Williams - bwl 95 Winter 2020) |
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Their Finest Hour and a Half |
Subtle humour supports the characterisation of four individuals recruited from London with its nightly bombing and all the deprivations of wartime in 1940 to work on a Ministry of Information film being made on the beaches of Norfolk. This unexpected turn in their lives has consequences which transform their previous mundane existence in entirely plausible ways. Despite an element of tragedy this story of liberation from the characters' pre-war past is told with gently ironic wit which does not lack compassion.
(Jane Grey-Edwards - bwl 77 Summer 2015) |
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