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Nobody at The Eyrie is quite like Red Dora - in her eighties, she's a Scots ex-Communist, ex-Trotskyite who fought in the Spanish Civil War. With her fiery brand of radical anti-capitalism, she conjures plans of internet sabotage and computer hacking. She is drawn to live in the Eyrie because of its proximity to the grave of her daughter. After years of political engagement, she now feels like 'the pit pony released out in the friendly light'. Eirlys is a madly patriotic Welsh woman who even has a brass dragon on her doorknocker. She is the 'nourisher' of The Eyrie's little clan - always providing tea and sympathy. Little do the other residents suspect she's been in prison... Libby comes to The Eyrie to escape years of boredom in a dreary middle-class marriage to a man she never loved. Revelling in her new found freedom, she finds a mentor and soul mate in Red Dora. Beautifully written, this is a fine pen portrait of three women whose stories unfold as they interact with each other. The novel contains all of Stevie's usual acute perception of character and emotional reality. In terms of its style, the novel is reminiscent of The Web of Belonging.

Author Biography

Welsh-born Stevie Davies is a novelist, literary critic, biographer and historian. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the Academi Gymreig and is Director of Creative Writing at the University of Wales, Swansea. Previous Titles include: Kith and Kin (B-Fmt January 05); Element of Water; A Century of Troubles: England 1600-1700; Impassioned Clay; Unbridled Spirits: Women of the English Revolution; The Web of Belonging (TV tie-in); Four Dreamers and Emily; Closing the Books; Arms and the Girl; Primavera; Boy Blue
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2007
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages
256
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Dimensions
143x223x26
ISBN-13
9780297851417
Product ID
1661992

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