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my favourite books by women
Eve Was Framed: Women and British JusticeEve Was Framed: Women and British Justice by Helena Kennedy
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a wonderful reflection upon the oppression of women within the legal system
Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor HoffmanInfernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter
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quite simply a masterpiece!
The Monstrous-feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Popular Fiction)The Monstrous-feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Popular Fiction) by Barbara Creed
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shocking in its analysis of the subjection of women in the media and film
Sexing the CherrySexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
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wonderful, rich and entertaining.
Women, Madness and MedicineWomen, Madness and Medicine by Denise Russell
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shocking, informative and worrying research on the treatment of women
The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980 by Elaine Showalter
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a guide to the history of women's oppression and mental ill health
Fasting, FeastingFasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
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a wonderfully evocative book
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literary Imagination (Yale Nota Bene)The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literary Imagination (Yale Nota Bene) by SM Gilbert
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apassionate, informative and shocking review of literature through a feminist gaze
The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings, 1968-85 (Picador Books)The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings, 1968-85 (Picador Books) by Germaine Greer
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funny, witty and intelligent. another reflection of the capabilities of germaine
The Second Sex (Picador Classics)The Second Sex (Picador Classics) by Simone de Beauvoir
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unsurpassed and brilliant
Don't Look Now and Other Stories: Not After Midnight; A Border-Line Case; The Way of the Cross; The BreakthroughDon't Look Now and Other Stories: Not After Midnight; A Border-Line Case; The Way of the Cross; The Breakthrough by Daphne Du Maurier
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terrifying and sinister
Letters Home 1953-60: CorrespondenceLetters Home 1953-60: Correspondence by Sylvia Plath
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a moving and painful compilation of letters and diary entries
The Bell JarThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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what every young woman must read
If I Told You OnceIf I Told You Once by Judy Budnitz
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a brutal, fantastic and funny tale of migration and family values
Exquisite CorpseExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
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horrid yet compelling
BelovedBeloved by Toni Morrison
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a wonderful, sad, and piognant look at slavey
The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics)The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics) by Margaret Atwood
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terrifyingly close?
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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a love story to beat all others?
Flesh and the Mirror: Essays on the Art of Angela CarterFlesh and the Mirror: Essays on the Art of Angela Carter
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no lover of carter should be without this
Bad Blood: A MemoirBad Blood: A Memoir by Lorna Sage
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a working class woman's struggle to be recognused and taken seriously
Feminist Social Work Theory and PracticeFeminist Social Work Theory and Practice by Lena Dominelli
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no social worker should be without this book
The Color PurpleThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
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stunning and sad
The New FeminismThe New Feminism by Natasha Walter
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a new perspective on an age old oppression