{"product_id":"old-baggage","title":"Old Baggage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs featured on BBC Radio 4 Good Reads \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The work of a novelist in her prime'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wise and witty'' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Hughes, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A timely, bittersweet comic novel''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A thoughtful, funny, companionable novel''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do you do next, after you''ve changed the world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club - an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Women''s Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing - nothing - since then has had the same depth, the same excitement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea - but what starts as a brilliantly idealistic plan is derailed by a connection with Mattie''s militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Baggage\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316602052990,"sku":"NW9781784161217","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784161217.jpg?v=1778647121","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/old-baggage","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}