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'Part poignant memoir of time and place. Part record of the
violence, and indifference, against which most girls grow up. The
Stirrings is a pleasure and a shock' Eimear McBride 'A superb,
moving and disturbing memoir - haunting and unforgettable' Jonathan
Coe No life exists outside the times. This is a story about one
young woman coming of age, and about the place and time that shaped
her: the North of England in the 1970s and 80s. About the scorching
summer of 1976 - the last Catherine Taylor would spend with both
her parents in their home in Sheffield. About the Yorkshire Ripper,
the serial killer whose haunting presence in Catherine's childhood
was matched only by the aching absence of her own father. About a
country thrown into disarray by the nuclear threat and the Miners'
Strike, just as Catherine's adolescent body was invaded by a
debilitating illness. About 1989's 'Second Summer of Love', a time
of sexual awakening for Catherine, and the unforeseen consequences
that followed it. About a tragic accident, and how the insidious
dangers facing women would became increasingly apparent as
Catherine crossed into to adulthood.
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Hannah Whitaker: Ursula (Hardcover)
Hannah Whitaker; Edited by Nicholas Muellner, Catherine Taylor; Text written by Dawn Chan, David Levine
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R1,015
Discovery Miles 10 150
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Known for both its industrial roots and arboreal abundance,
Sheffield has always been a city of two halves. From elegant parks
and gardens to brutalist high-rise estates and the hinterland
nightclubs of 'Centertainment', it is a city caught between the
forges of the past and the melting pot of the present. Bringing
together new short stories from some of the city's most celebrated
writers, The Book of Sheffield traces the contours of this complex
landscape from both sides of the economic dividing line. From the
aspirations of young creatives, ultimately driven to leave, to the
more immediate demands of refugees, scrap metal collectors, and
student radicals, these stories offer ten different look-out points
from which to gaze down on the ever-changing face of the 'Steel
City'.
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Master (Paperback)
Catherine Taylor
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R494
Discovery Miles 4 940
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Master (Paperback)
Catherine Taylor
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R406
Discovery Miles 4 060
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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It is 1995, four years after Ukraine has declared independence.
Lena Petrenko cares little about her country or her miserable life.
As the daughter of a racketeer, she has seen enough violence and
has shut the whole world out. With her baby doll, she lives in her
bedroom and immerses herself in fairy tales, creating her own happy
endings. When her father forces her to attend his cage fights, Lena
finds herself caught up in the brutality when she is claimed as the
winner's trophy. Her terrifying champion is nothing like the prince
of her stories. He is every bit the beast and she is hardly a
beauty. Lena soon learns that there is more to this stranger than
his hard exterior. He has a dark history and an agenda that somehow
involves her, but behind all the muscle beats a tender heart. As
she begins to face her own terrible past, she finds him to be an
unlikely ally, evoking everything she has buried deep inside,
including her passion. As her feelings for him deepen, Lena finds
herself contending once again with a violent world. Now her captor
must become her saviour, at the risk of losing each other, or
losing their lives.
Charming children's picture book: rhyming poem with 34 watercolor
illustrations by Catherine Taylor w
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