This a book about second wave feminism that my fourth wave friends will enjoy! It's set in Sydney in the 1970s. Eleven-year-old Allegra lives with her grandmother Matlide and next door to her grandmother Joy. Matilde is a strict, tight lipped, holocaust survivor and Joy is a free spirited women's libber. They both love Allegra but they hate each other.
I put the book down at midnight with 25 pages to go, not becuase I didn't want to know what happens but becuase I wanted to slow down and enjoy the ending. The writing is fabulous. It reminded me of Tabitha Bird's a Lifetime of Impossible Days in places, but without the time travel. It's not quite Liane Moriarty, but I can see Reese Witherspoon bagging the film rights.
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