Monthly Archives: July 2025

Week beginning July 30th 2025

Penny Batchelor The Woman Next Door Embla Books, May 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The main character, Jen, has three dilemmas to deal with: her inability to become pregnant, despite two expensive IVF treatments; her and Gary’s financial position which makes saving for another IVF treatment difficult;Continue reading “Week beginning July 30th 2025”

Week beginning 23 July 2025

Emily Callaci Wages for Housework The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor Basic Books | Seal Press, March 2025. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Emily Callaci has brought together five activists for whom wages for housework was a part of their feminist work for improving women’s lives. It is importantContinue reading “Week beginning 23 July 2025”

Week beginning 16 July 2025

Elizabeth Jenkins Jane Austen: The Biography August Books, July 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Jenkins is a writer I have admired since reading The Hare and the Tortoise. True to form, there is much to admire in her biography of Jane Austen. However, its meandering paceContinue reading “Week beginning 16 July 2025”

Week beginning 9 July 2025

Claire Allan The Perfect Mother Boldwood Books, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Claire Allan has combined a story line that engages, with complex characters and twists that are not only clever, but a logical part of the story. Allen has not fallen forContinue reading “Week beginning 9 July 2025”

Week beginning 2 July 2025

Katrina Lockwood The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads A Woman Doctor In World War 1 Loke Press, 2017. I originally reviewed this book on the Women’s History Network blog, in 2017. A long time ago, but the approach to writing history as well as the content deserves another airing. The back-cover blurbContinue reading “Week beginning 2 July 2025”