Things a Bright Girl Can Do | 
pickA novel about the suffragette movement in the UK told through the eyes of the well-off Evelyn who wants to go to Oxford, pacifist May who holds tight to principles (sometimes at the expense of those she loves) and Nell, a girl who dresses as a boy from hardscrabble Poplar.
We have hunger strikes, violence, WWI, a lesbian relationship and bright girls trying to figure out what they can do in spite of what the world may tell them.
Bittersweet.
pickThis is an amazing book and I‘d probably have to say it‘s one of my favourite! It shows how hard to it could be living in the war and not having the right to vote. I would definitely recommend this to anyone. I hope you enjoy it if you read it!
Started this book last night and so far it is brilliant!
pickAn enjoyable if predictable book of three women spanning from just before World War One until armistice, read more on my blog:
https://thecuriousmagpie2018.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/reviewthings-a-bright-girl...
I am completely absorbed in this book! Would definitely recommend #suffrage #currentlyreading
Next up! #24b4Monday #queerbooks
pickThis was a really good read. Strong characters and lots of opinions that make you think how brave you might have been in the same situation. I liked how the stories linked but still gave different accounts of a frightening and exciting time.
This book has been on my tbr shelf for such a long time, so I‘m getting stuck in while my family sleeps in. Need to get some tea and then I‘m all set!
pickGay suffragettes. Lovely story and the fight for Votes for Women.
From the next shelf along, I really want to read this too, but as I said, I already had 3 books picked out so it has to wait!
Just picked this up - sounds fantastic, can‘t wait to read it
The depiction of the fundamental conflict between our two queer lovebirds and one of the character's religious beliefs is so real. I hope they reconcile soon.
I wish this book existed 25 years ago... I can't wait to see how this queer romance develops. Nell feels like a kindred spirit.
The background on Nell has me sold on this book. My mother sure objected to my childhood fashion choices. #babybutch #tomboy #queerya
Another picture from the Things a Bright Girl Can Do launch #drinkYA! I love how great the books look on the bright blue of the pool table. It was a fab night - I learned that the editor commissioned Sally to write this book as she wanted there to be a YA book about the suffragettes. It sounds fab - two seventeen-year-old girls getting caught up in the campaign for the vote! #YA #UKYA #youngadult
Last night I went to a special #drinkYA to launch Sally Nicholls' Things a Bright Girl Can Do, a tale of teenage suffragettes! #YA #youngadult #UKYA
