Old Baggage

Lissa Evans

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Black Swan
15 January 2019

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Second World War fiction

Perfectly timed for the centenary of the women's vote in 2018, OLD BAGGAGE takes a unique approach to the suffragette story. Mattie was once a militant campaigner but now in middle age, she finds herself a purposeful woman without a purpose.

As featured on BBC Radio 4 Good Reads

'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph 'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer 'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' Stylist 'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' Guardian 'A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel' Sunday Times

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.

By: Lissa Evans
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781784161217
ISBN 10: 1784161217
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 January 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Old Baggage

Old Baggage gives an inspiring model of womanhood. Moving, warm and wry. It is wonderful! -- Marian Keyes A timely, bittersweet comic novel * Guardian * Utterly wonderful and intelligent -- India Knight * Sunday Times Magazine * I loved Old Baggage. Such original characters, and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. -- JoJo Moyes Wise and witty -- Sarah Hughes * Observer *

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