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Whilst recognising how far women have come in the hundred years since getting the vote, jeanette winterson also insists that we must all do much more if we are to achieve true gender equality. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the. Set in 1612, it follows the events that unfold over a short period of time as a group of supposed witches congregates, a wealthy woman is accused of being one of them, and a catholic dissident tries to reenter the country. Jeanette wintersons novella the daylight gate is lurid, but that word barely begins to describe her efforts to fill in the blanks in. Mixing historical detail and dark horror, jeanette wintersons spellbinding take on the. Apr 05, 2018 the sinister, brooding cover called to me.
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