{"product_id":"9781914224355-this-slavery","title":"This Slavery","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdapted from a novel by the radical feminist poet and author Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, this compelling, multi-layered, and sumptuously designed dramatic romance plays out against the starkly observed realities of what it was to grow up female in pre-war industrial Britain.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Lancashire cotton-mill that employs them burns to the ground, sisters Rachel and Hester Martin are each forced to find their own way to survive in the harsh realities of pre-war industrial Britain. The contrasting paths they take in their quest for domestic autonomy form a subtly strident allegory of the all but insurmountable barriers of class and gender that then enslaved half the population. Part compelling narrative epic, part fiery Marxist-feminist polemic, this faithful, sumptuous, and revelatory adaptation by the award-winning Rickard Sisters reclaims a lost classic by holding it up as a mirror to our own hard times, and as a gloriously flaming beacon to future communities to offer strength, hope, and dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55391623315830,"sku":"9781914224355","price":21.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35541488_22dc9099-55b8-4c68-8520-fcf44ae1015c.jpg?v=1753948364","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914224355-this-slavery","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}