by lauralizbuckley | 16 Apr, 2022 | Book Reviews
Galatea plot summary Carved from marble by a master sculptor and brought to life by a goddess, Galatea was never going to be the pliable thing her husband hoped for. Hidden away, under the supervision of doctors, she practices her deceptions and bides her time. She’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 20 Mar, 2021 | Book Reviews
Men Explain Things To Me summary In this collection of essays, established non-fiction author Rebecca Solnit covers a range of feminist topics. From mansplaining (before we had a word for it) to sexual violence, to the overall progress of the feminist movement, Solnit...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Feb, 2020 | Book Reviews
Alice has moved halfway across the world, to America, with her brand-new husband, looking for a brand-new life. Unfortunately, arriving in Baileyville, Kentucky, turns out not to be quite the adventure she was expecting. Until she gets involved with the travelling...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Dec, 2019 | Book Reviews
Amber—24 years old, tech support worker, gay and staunchly feminist—is not impressed when she starts seeing adverts for a new drug which lets you move fat around your body to wherever you’d like it to be. Marketed exclusively at women, of course, it’s just been...
by lauralizbuckley | 30 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
Gilead is many things to many people; terrifying, oppressive, safety, home, opportunity. In The Testaments, Margaret Attwood tells a story through three very different perspectives on the bleakly misogynistic Republic of Gilead. Agnes is a young woman raised in...
