{"product_id":"old-baggage","title":"Old Baggage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do you do next, after you've changed the world?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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. Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring 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. Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiving 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. \u003cem\u003eOld Baggage\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lissa Evans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53261351223683,"sku":"9781784161217","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2024-10-19T102547.028.png?v=1729329958","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/old-baggage","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}