A vivid portrait of life in Iran at the time of the Islamic Revolution.
Persepolis
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Persepolis
The Creel (poem)
Beautiful Scottish imagery illuminating the burden on women.
Late October (poem)
Late October is a great poem describing autumn, what colours, what sounds and drama.
The Kiss
It’s a true story of incest but it reads like a novel and is written with real insight and absence of self-pity.
Sixty Women Poets
This made me fall in love with poetry and learn how to read it.
The Women’s History of the World
Hugely informative and entertaining and went round my friends like wildfire.
Mr Sandman
She has a wonderful way of expressing lives that are outside the norm and keeping empathy with ALL her characters.
The Tenderness of Wolves
Transports you to Canada in 1867, to the wilderness and terrible weather endured by Scots who emigrated there.
The Twilight Time
A story about policewomen and prostitution in Glasgow – two different sets of women in uniform…
The President’s Child
A gripping tale that explores what it means to be a woman in the modern world.