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Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors

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Unfortunately for her fans, Old Babes in the Wood can read a bit like an author’s scrapbook of thoughts and vignettes, all of which have potential but most of which fall short of sublimation. these days, then, but as so often with books I loved at some point, I retain a vestigial affection towards it. Alex teaches dramatherapy in a pupil referral unit in Edinburgh, whence she has recetly fled after a horrific incident at home in London. A celebration of womanhood through short stories centered on women with a mix of historic, tale, and of course magic, voices. In fact, the diary entries written by Mel – one of Alex’s students – now read to me as by far the strongest part of the novel: she has a believable voice; her narrative pushes the plot forward while also articulating her personal experience of deafness effectively.

A primordial demon has escaped the bonds of the underworld, hopped a ride on an unsuspecting human…and is on a warpath, determined to bring about Armageddon, killing every god he can find along the way. The first-person narrator, Alex Morris, flees from her former life as a theater director to take on the challenge of teaching dysfunctional kids in Edinburgh after the unfair death of her fiancée. The Furies” of Flock’s title are three women who “took matters into their own hands,” defending themselves “in places where institutions failed to protect them. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Even the titles of the stories in this anthology are symbolic in that they are words that are ordinarily used to describe women in not-so-pleasant terms.

there's no escalating tension building to an unspeakable conclusion; it's a very measured and even restrained story. She was charged with murder, and planned to invoke a “ stand your ground” defense — a statute that permits the use of lethal force against deadly threats. Her burgeoning womanhood, the glorious body, a physical shape that enthralled and terrified her, attracting and enticing men and women and those in the many betweens: she revelled in her body, revealed it to herself and sometimes to them. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. Only when it’s too late does she realize what has been unleashed by the volatile mixture of troubled teens and themes of vengeance, justice and fate.

I was invested in the book’s entirety as I waited (im)patiently for Kohda’s offering, which didn’t surface until near the end. However, as a former school teacher myself I find it odd that Alex would be allowed, without any teaching qualifications or previous experience, to teach vulnerable teenagers in a PRU (pupil referral unit, ie a unit which usually caters for pupils who are difficult or need special attention which cannot be provided in the normal school environment). Although Margaret Atwood as a contributor was certainly an alluring factor (and I did enjoy her story more than most), the name that led me to this collection was Claire Kohda, the author of one of my top favorite reads last year. The story is then woven around the aftermath of the killing; why is Alex apparently spying on someone and why is one of her pupils stalking her?

Each woman chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them—government, police, courts—utterly failed to do so. Spitfire” by Ali Smith (4/5) is nostalgic in tone and delves into a daughter’s memories of her mother who once served in WAAF during WWII.

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