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Eye of a rook / Josephine Taylor.

By: Publisher: Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1stDescription: 232 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781925816716 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.4 23
Summary: In 1860s London, Arthur sees his wife, Emily, suddenly struck down by a pain for which she can find no words, forced to endure harmful treatments and reliant on him for guidance. Meanwhile, in contemporary Perth, Alice, a writer, and her older husband, Duncan, find their marriage threatened as Alice investigates the history of hysteria, female sexuality and the treatment of the female body -- her own and the bodies of those who came before.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 823.4 TAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90237

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In 1860s London, Arthur sees his wife, Emily, suddenly struck down by a pain for which she can find no words, forced to endure harmful treatments and reliant on him for guidance. Meanwhile, in contemporary Perth, Alice, a writer, and her older husband, Duncan, find their marriage threatened as Alice investigates the history of hysteria, female sexuality and the treatment of the female body -- her own and the bodies of those who came before.

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