

Old Baggage
A Novel
Author: Lissa Evans
Narrator: Jane Copland
Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/16/2019
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Feminist
Author: Lissa Evans
Narrator: Jane Copland
Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/16/2019
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Feminist
Lissa Evans has written internationally bestselling books for both adults and children, including Crooked Heart, Old Baggage, and Their Finest Hour and a Half, which was made into the feature film Their Finest. Her books have twice been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She lives in London with her family.
I really enjoyed this character study! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Matilda Simpkin is living in 1928 London. She’s found a wooden club, something she hasn’t seen for a while, and along with it comes the memories she associates with that item. You see, Mattie was a suffragette years earlier. She was jailed five time......more
It's 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across an old wooden club - an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade. Mattie (Matilda) was a militant during the Women's Suffrage Campaign. She has given speeches, marched, smashed windows, she's even heckled Winston Church......more
An utterly charming, substantive, and emotionally textured novel......more
I've finished Old Baggage and I am bereft! This is beautiful, beautiful writing with characters that live and breathe. I loved Mattie in Crooked Heart. How wonderful to spend more time with her. I just hope we meet her again. This is a gorgeous, warm novel and I can't recommend it enough. Review to......more