{"product_id":"century-girls","title":"Century Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Dunlop...succeeds in weaving a rich tapestry of experiences.' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A warm-hearted and engaging read, \u003ci\u003eThe Century Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with wonderful characters.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delightful book... all about women and women's lives.' Jane Garvey, Radio 4 Woman's Hour\u003cbr\u003e 'It’s a brilliant book… It’s fantastic!' Chris Evans, Radio 2 Breakfast Show\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the one-hundred years since British women got the vote, told, in their own voices, by six centenarians: Helena, Olive, Edna, Joyce, Ann and Phyllis – \u003ci\u003eThe Century Girls​\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2018, Britain celebrated the centenary of some women getting the vote\u003c\/b\u003e. The intervening ten decades have witnessed staggering change, and \u003ci\u003eThe Century Girls\u003c\/i\u003e features six women born in 1918 or before who haven’t just witnessed that change, they’ve lived it. Empire shrank, war came and went, and modern society demanded continual readjustment.... the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentury Girls \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003elasted the course, and this book weaves together their lifetime’s adventures – what they were taught, how they were treated, who they loved, what they did and where they are now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With stories that are intimately knitted into the history of the British Isles, this is a time-travel epic featuring our oldest, most precious national treasures. \u003cb\u003eEdna\u003c\/b\u003e, 102, was a domestic servant born in Lincolnshire. \u003cb\u003eHelena \u003c\/b\u003eis 101 years old and the eldest of eight born into a Welsh farming family. \u003cb\u003eOlive\u003c\/b\u003e, 102, began life as a child of empire in British Guiana and was one of the first women to migrate to London after the war. There’s \u003cb\u003eAnn,\u003c\/b\u003e a 103-year-London bohemian; 100-year-old \u003cb\u003ePhyllis\u003c\/b\u003e, daughter of the British Raj, who has called Edinburgh home for nearly eighty years; and finally ‘young’ \u003cb\u003eJoyce\u003c\/b\u003e – a 99-year-old Cambridge classicist who’s still at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is through the prism of these women’s very long lives that \u003ci\u003eThe Century Girls\u003c\/i\u003e provides a deeply personal account of British history over the past one hundred years. Their story is our story too.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317669699966,"sku":"NW9781471161346","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471161346.jpg?v=1778722528","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/century-girls","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}