{"product_id":"9780008622985-normal-women","title":"Normal Women","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking History for 900 Years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling, critically acclaimed new women’s history book from Philippa Gregory – adapted for teen and YA readers!\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling, critically acclaimed new women’s history book from Philippa Gregory – adapted for teen and YA readers!\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the SLA Information Book Award 2026!\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eToday, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s – crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls – a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHUGE MISTAKE! \u003c\/strong\u003eThere is so much more to women’s history than bonnets and big dresses! Ordinary women have been doing extraordinary things FOR EVER – it just didn’t make the history books (written by men!).\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eJoin multi-award-winning author Philippa Gregory as she tells the story of ordinary English women, making history for 900 years. Meet farmers, highwaywomen, pirates, ‘female husbands’, slaves, soldiers, criminals, writers, inventors, rioters and more – protesting, working, playing, taking risks, getting rich (and getting even!). \u003cstrong\u003eTheir story is one of ingenuity, diversity, rebellion, survival – and sisterhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdapted by Philippa Gregory from her best-selling, critically acclaimed \u003c\/em\u003eNormal Women\u003cem\u003e. This edition for younger readers has simplified, age-tailored content, delivered in bitesize sections, and is illustrated throughout by award-winning printmaker Alexis Snell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eNORMAL WOMEN\u003c\/em\u003e (teen edition):\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Impressively researched, by turns inspiring and chilling … brilliantly told’ – Cressida Cowell\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘This book is redemption for unsung female heroes. Prepare to feel aghast, proud and inspired’ – Geri Halliwell\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Uplifting and empowering’ – Edwina Dunn, The Female Lead\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eNORMAL WOMEN\u003c\/em\u003e (main edition):\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW STATESMEN \u003c\/em\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘A lasting work of social history’ \u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ \u003cem\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace' ANTONIA FRASER\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ \u003cem\u003eINDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55388848521590,"sku":"9780008622985","price":11.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008622985-normal-women","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}