Widowland by C.J. Carey has been described as the most important feminist novel for decades.
From 12.00 noon BST
At Goldster Book Club
Widowland by C.J. Carey has been described as the most important feminist novel for decades. Set in 1953, it tells of an alternate history where instead of Nazi defeat, there has been a Grand Alliance between Great Britain and Germany. The Ministry of Culture rewrites literature to correct the past, and Widowland is an impoverished area of rundown slums to which single, childless women over fifty have been banned. [...] Read more
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