Song of Resistance
The dazzling debut adult novel from Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence, inspired by the life of WW2 icon Josephine Baker
$32.11
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2027
Summary
Paris, 1925. Nineteen-year-old Dorothea Walker has fled the poverty and prejudice of St Louis for the glittering cabarets of the City of Light. But her dreams of stardom are quickly dimmed - pushed to the end of the chorus line, she’s nearly invisible. Until one daring, scandalous performance catapults her into fame.
For more than a decade, Dorothea dances her way across Paris and Europe, adored and envied in equal measure. But as the shadow of Nazi power spreads, she…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035428748 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035428741 |
| Author: | Patrice Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Wildfire |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
A brilliant novel that fizzes with energy and passion. The first-person narration gives the reader a great sense of Dorothea’s vivid personality, and I was completely invested in the story of her trials and triumphs across two decades. Her work as a spy in World War Two was particularly fascinating. Her backstory, growing up in poverty in Missouri, was cleverly woven in, adding extra depth to an already rich and powerful story. I whole-heartedly recommend it. * GILL THOMPSON *
Patrice Lawrence
Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy, won the Bookseller YA Prize and the Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s Fiction and was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award. Her subsequent novels have been much acclaimed and frequent visitors to prize lists. In 2021, Patrice was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Patrice was born in Brighton, raised in an Italian-Trinidadian family in mid-Sussex, and now lives on the South Coast.
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