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Old Baggage

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Old Baggage

Old Baggage

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3.86 (5,421 Ratings by Goodreads)
hardback | English
Published: 14 June, 2018
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'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph 'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer 'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' Stylist What do you do next, after you've changed the world? It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club - an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade. Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Women's Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing - nothing - since then has had the same depth, the same excitement. Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea - but what starts as a brilliantly idealistic plan is derailed by a connection with Mattie's militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for. Old Baggage is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight. 'Utterly wonderful and intelligent' India Knight, Sunday Times Magazine 'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' Guardian '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 'A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel, offering an invigoratingly fresh vantage on a well-trodden period' Patricia Nicol, Sunday Times
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780857523624
ISBN10 0857523627
Number Of Pages 320
Item Weight 459 g
Product Dimensions 144 x 32 x 220 mm
Publisher / Reseller Doubleday
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

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
A perfectly pitched, captivating read * Mail on Sunday *
Joyously funny, much poignancy and social commentary. old Baggage is a gloriously entertaining, deeply moving novel. * S Magazine *

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Author's Bio

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including Their Finest Hour and a Half, longlisted for the Orange Prize, Small Change for Stuart, shortlisted for many awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Book Awards and Crooked Heart, longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

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