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A review by claire_michelle18
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade
4.0
A really interesting book - I'd only heard of two of the women featured before reading it which is kind of a travesty, am determined to get hold of some of Eileen Power's work now. I probably don't know enough about Virginia Woolf (have never read A Room of One's Own - or any of her other writing) to get as much out of this as intended but a really interesting read on the lives of a group of women challenging gender norms between the wars.
I also found some of the quotes about the experience of living through the experience of war profoundly helpful in the light of our current global crisis. The situtations aren't directly comparable but it's interesting to see some of the feelings I'm currently having mirrored in the writings of women living through their own time of terrible crisis.
I also found some of the quotes about the experience of living through the experience of war profoundly helpful in the light of our current global crisis. The situtations aren't directly comparable but it's interesting to see some of the feelings I'm currently having mirrored in the writings of women living through their own time of terrible crisis.