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A Petrol Scented Spring
A Petrol Scented Spring | Ajay Close
5 posts | 1 read | 5 to read
'A Petrol Scented Spring' is a riveting novel of repression, jealousy and love, and the struggle for women's emancipation. The day after her wedding, Donella Ferguson Watson wakes up shackled to a man haunted by the past. The lonely days become weeks, months. Her husband Hugh, a prison doctor, will offer no explanation for their sexless marriage. She comes to suspect the answer lies with a hunger-striking suffragette who was force fed and held in solitary confinement. But what really happened between Hugh and his prisoner patient?
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TheEllieMo
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1. Someone mentioned it on Twitter

2. I really like the oil-slick/petrol colours

3. Frogs legs or snails!

4. I don‘t watch much TV, Strictly Come Dancing is about as guilty as it gets.

5. It‘s my Twitter name, which came from my nickname (Ellie) and my beloved cat, Mo, who passed away with cancer 11 years ago.

#PreMondayVibes @pepsicola

pepsicola Thanks for playing!! Condolences for your cat😭 6y
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andrew61
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#septembowie #sufragettecity
Killing time in a car park waiting to go to a meeting i thought id catch up and post about a book i want to read after hearing the author speak on several podcasts. The story of a sufragette suffering through the cat and mouse laws.

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KarenUK
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#day11 #septembowie #suffragettecity A day late... but finally got cell phone signal back! (Though no power yet).... I saw no one had posted this book from my TBR..... I heard about it on this podcast (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ffvp8) available on itunes under the BBC Books and Authors archives....
This book sounds so good...

batsy It does! 7y
Marchpane Hope you get power soon! Hang in there 💕 7y
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Birdsong28
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Very good. A bit hard to get into at first as I wasn't sure about the perspective the story it was coming from but that was soon cleared up. A bit hard to read in places due to its subject matter but in the end it was gripping and worth a read.

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KarenUK
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#day15 #marchintoreading #shepersisted I heard about this book on a BBC podcast back in February.... It sounds really good.... it's about a suffragette that is hunger-striking.... Has anyone read it?

DivineDiana I haven't, but I would like to read. Sounds interesting! 📚 8y
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