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A Short History of Women

Kate Walbert

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#2488 of 8,085 books · #1055 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2009).

Inspired by a suffragist ancestor who starved herself to promote the integration of Cambridge University, Evie refuses to marry and Dorothy defies a ban on photographing the bodies of her dead Iraq War soldier sons, a choice that embarrasses Dorothy's daughters.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
ISBN-13
9781416594994
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Feminism and women's rightsFamily across generationsWar and its aftermath

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