Prize Women

Beschreibung

Based on the scandalous true story of The Great Stork Derby, Prize Women is a gripping and deeply moving novel about desperate choices and the two unforgettable women forced to make them.<BR><BR>'Gorgeous. Prize Women took my breath away. I haven't stopped thinking about it' JENNIFER SAINT<BR><BR>'Wonderfully evocative and intelligent. Sheds light on a scandalous moment in history I knew nothing about, told with great sensitivity and grace.

I was entranced' EMMA STONEX<BR><BR>'This heartbreaking story explores friendship, strength and the fight to survive' WOMAN'S WEEKLY<BR>___________<BR><BR>It's the 1920s, a time of unparalleled excess.<BR>But for the rich to party, the poor must starve . . .<BR><BR>Into the city arrives pregnant runaway Lily di Marco.<BR>She has nothing - and expects nothing.<BR>But soon she will find herself in a towering mansion just streets away.<BR>Confidante to, and best friends with, its glamorous owner Mae Thebolt.<BR><BR>Until the competition.<BR><BR>A childless millionaire leaves his fortune to the woman<BR>who will have the most babies over ten years.<BR>Is it an eccentric contest?<BR>Or a horrible joke played by a rich man on the poorest women of the city?<BR><BR>Either way, it will tear Lily and Mae's friendship - and their lives - to pieces . . .<BR><BR>___________<BR><BR>'A profoundly moving and absolutely gripping novel about the choices women face - and the choices they are denied.

I cannot recommend it highly enough' ELODIE HARPER<BR><BR>'This tale of two women resonates with what is happening in the world today. I was gripped by Lily and Mae's story, the desperate choices that women still face' LOUISE HARE<BR><BR>'Fascinating historical fiction with a feminist slant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING<BR><BR>'A serious, thoughtful and epic journey into the trials of motherhood . . .

With her contrasting female characters, Lea interrogates the fight for female agency across class divides, a struggle that continues to this day. A fascinating snapshot of another time, perhaps not as far removed from our own as we might hope' JANICE HALLET<BR><BR>'Wonderfully researched and full of evocative historical detail' CULTUREFLY<BR><BR>'Masterful. Caroline Lea is a superb storyteller, and Prize Women deserves a huge readership.

So good, I had to pull myself away' ELIZABETH MACNEAL

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