{"product_id":"bad-girls-9781473647763","title":"Bad Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Davies''s absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism - and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[A] revealing account of the jail''s 164-year history'' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Insightful and thought-provoking and makes for a ripping good read'' JEREMY CORBYN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emuch-needed and balanced\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehistory'' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Davies explores how society has dealt with disobedient women - from suffragettes to refugees to women seeking abortions - for decades, and how they''ve failed to silence those who won''t go down without a fight'' \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociety has never known what to do with its rebellious women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed from pu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadable, compelling and illuminating\u003c\/b\u003e * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaitlin Davies writes with warmth, empathy and humour about the women - some brave and rebellious - who spent time in Holloway Prison\u003c\/b\u003e. Assiduously researched, \u003ci\u003eBad Girls\u003c\/i\u003e documents interweaving struggles against prejudice, injustice, ignorance and poverty . . . \u003cb\u003ethe real history of Holloway is written in this insightful and thought-provoking book - which makes for a ripping good read \u003c\/b\u003e * Jeremy Corbyn *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism - and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Davies captures the sense of camaraderie that blossomed inside Holloway, occasionally between warder and inmate . . . Davies uses the prison as a prism through which to chart changing attitudes to women over the past 164 years - beginning with the Victorian notion of \"double deviance\", which suggested that female criminals had broken not only the law of the land, but that of nature by committing \"unwomanly\" acts -- Helen Davies * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eIt's such a great read . . . fascinating * Jo Good, BBC Radio London *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, superbly researched, definitive history of Holloway Prison\u003c\/b\u003e . . . There are so many heartbreaking stories within stories in the book' * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously records a \u003cb\u003emuch-needed and balanced\u003c\/b\u003e history of this home to \"royalty and socialites, spies and prostitutes . . . Nazis and aliens, terrorists and freedom fighters\" and thousands of very ordinary desperate women -- Yvonne Roberts * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating both for its portrait of larger-than-life women and the ways in which they were regarded by wide society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\u003c\/b\u003e * History Revealed *\u003cbr\u003eOffers many great tales of those who called the now-closed Holloway prison their home for either long or short stretches of time . . . \u003cb\u003ecomprehensive and much-needed\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A hefty section of the book examines the place of the prison in the suffragette movement, a welcome addition to this year's centenary celebration of the women's right to vote . . . \u003cb\u003ea must-read\u003c\/b\u003e * Camden New Journal *\u003cbr\u003eAn enjoyable and enlightening read, which has much to recommend it * BBC History Magazine *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867248537943,"sku":"9781473647763","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473647763.jpg?v=1722282418","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bad-girls-9781473647763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}