Product Description: Maids, Wives, Widows is a lively exploration of the everyday lives of women in early modern England, from 1540-1740. The book uncovers details of how women filled their days, what they liked to eat and drink, what jobs they held, and how they raised their children...read more

This play about a family of four psychologically disturbed people reveals aspects of the author's own life

Product Description: In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as the key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate the blood level in the female body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. In this book, Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays and poems, to life-writing, and compares these texts with the medical theories...read more

Product Description: Since the age of 11 Steph has been bullied by the group of girls she hangs around with. Now, broken free and on a warpath she finds new friends and a new way of life and begins to unleash her demons. This is a very touching story about one girls cry for help...read more