PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Caitlin Davies is a novelist, non-fiction writer, award-winning journalist and teacher. She is the author of six novels, six non-fiction books, and several short stories. She has written for The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Her books include 'Bad Girls: a History of Rebels and Renegades', a history of Holloway Prison, and 'Queens of the Underworld' about female crooks. She lives in London.
What a brilliant piece of research; pieced together with compassion, heart and understanding. Caitlin's book gives voice to women who have been forgotten or have only been seen through a male prism. She wrestles back their stories. This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it! -- Maxine Peake This riveting book begins with the surprise of a different ever after and goes on to confound expectations, assumptions and stereotypes. In Queens of the Underworld, Caitlin Davies displays that rare talent for history and storytelling without judgment. Female Crooks in particular could do with more of this. -- Shami Chakrabarti Neither sentimental nor judgmental, Davies presents these characters as important examples of criminological history.
