Fenwomen
a portrait of women in an english village (virago modern classics)
$24.36
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2025
Summary
Fenwomen: Voices from the Vanishing Fens
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - now a Virago Modern Classic with a new introduction by Alexandra Harris
‘Full of dignity, courage and humour, and as fresh and insightful as the day it was written, FENWOMEN is a vital portrait of rural women’s lives - not only as they were lived in the 1970s in one Cambridgeshire village, but in the generations before it, all over the country, and reaching forward into today’s world, too’ M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349020419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349020418 |
| Author: | Mary Chamberlain, Alexandra Harris |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Remarkable … a fascinating snapshot of tough rural lives * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Mary Chamberlain
Mary Chamberlain is a novelist and historian of Britain and the Caribbean. She is the author of the international best seller, The Dressmaker of Dachau, first published in 2015 by The Borough Press in 2016. It sold to 19 countries, and was a best seller in many of them. Her historical works include Fenwomen: A portrait of women in an English Village‘which was the first book to be published by Virago Press in 1975, and was the basis for Caryl Churchill’s award-winning play, Fen. She is emeritus professor of Caribbean history at Oxford Brookes University.
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