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What is your babysitter doing when you’re not there?
Fifteen-year-old Ashleigh is clever and charming, all too ready to
rush to the rescue of parents in need of relief, and she soon
becomes the neighbourhood’s favourite babysitter. But she has an
appetite for secrets. Fast-paced, witty and scalpel-sharp, One
Woman Crime Wave examines the limits of what money can buy, and how
easily the fragile web of middle-class privilege can be torn. In
the end, is it really Ashleigh who’s the problem, or is it the
fractious and divided community she exposes?
For many years the victim of smear campaigns by notable male
writers, and dismissed as being merely 'the mother of Mary
Shelley', Mary Wollstonecraft has claimed her rightful title as one
of the founders of feminist thought, a movement anchored in her
Vindications. Outraged by Edmund Burke's Reflections on the
Revolution in France, its use of gendered language and defence of
monarchy and hereditary privilege, A Vindication of the Rights of
Men turned the tables on philosophy. A Vindication of the Rights of
Woman swiftly followed, taking the conversation further, and
arguing the case for women's education. Together, these two seminal
works went on to change the course of history, and her arguments
continue to hold water today. This edition contains explanatory
notes and an introduction by Bee Rowlatt, Chair of the
Wollstonecraft Society.
Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarks on an extraordinary journey in
search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary
Wollstonecraft. From the wild coasts of Norway to a naked
re-birthing in California, via the blood-soaked streets of
revolutionary Paris, Bee learns what drove her hero on and what's
been won and lost over the centuries in the battle for equality. On
this biographical treasure hunt she finds herself consulting a
witch, a porn star, a quiet Norwegian archivist and the tenants of
a blighted council estate in Leeds - getting much more than she
bargained for. In her quest to find a new balance between careers
and babies, Bee also discovers the importance of celebrating the
radiant power of love in all our lives.
A London mum and Iraqi teacher should have nothing in common. Yet
now, despite their differences, they're the firmest of friends . .
. Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad by Bee Rowlatt and May
Witwit is a touching and poignant portrait of an unlikely
friendship. Would you brave gun-toting militias for a cut and blow
dry? May's a tough-talking, hard-smoking, lecturer in English.
She's also an Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi'ite background living in
Baghdad, dodging bullets before breakfast, bargaining for high
heels in bombed-out bazaars and battling through blockades to reach
her class of Jane Austen-studying girls. Bee, on the other hand, is
a London mum of three, busy fighting off PTA meetings and chicken
pox, dealing with dead cats and generally juggling work and family
while squabbling with her globe-trotting husband over the socks he
leaves lying around the house. They should have nothing in common.
But when a simple email brings them together, they discover a
friendship that overcomes all their differences of culture,
religion and age. Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad is the story
of two women who share laughter and tears, and swap their
confidences, dreams and fears. And, between the grenades, the
gossip, the jokes and the secrets, they also hatch an ingenious
plan to help May escape the bombings of Baghdad . . . Bee Rowlatt
is a former show-girl turned BBC World Service journalist. A mother
of three and would-be do-gooder, she can find keeping her career
going while caring for her three daughters (and husband) pretty
tough, even in leafy North London. May Witwit is an Iraqi expert in
Chaucer and sender of emails depicting kittens in fancy dress. She
is prepared to face every hazard imaginable to make that
all-important hairdresser's appointment.
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