Girl pre MBS-GENERAL visiting Granny and playing with

visiting Granny and playing with friends at the playground

Just how did Jane Austen become the celebrity author and the inspiration for generations of loyal fans she is today

and snow-capped mountains

Harrowford has for decades sold itself as a refuge for 'girls in crisis' - like fourteen-year-old Jane McEvoy

author of Black River

Girl pre MBS-GENERAL visiting Granny and playing withA portrait in verse of two iconic female figures the Virgin Mary and the Cretan 'snake goddess' unravelling the millennia of myth men have woven around them. A fresh and questioning look at girlhood and its icons, unravelling the millennia of myth woven around girls. 'One of our most gifted poets This is tender and exquisite poetry' Mona Arshi, author of Small Hands In Girl, Ruth Padel presents a triptych of interlocking sequences. A moving retelling