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A review by celtic67
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World by Jane Cholmeley
4.0
I must admit I had never heard of the Silver Moon Bookshop. I decided to give this book a go for two reasons ; one being to add more non-fiction to my reading diet and to find out more about feminism. Well I'm a male after all.
Jane and her partner at the time Sue decided to open Silver Moon in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. They were brave women, not only was their bookshop championing the cause of feminism through literature but they were also lesbians. So the odds were stacked against them but they decided to beat the system and go their own way.
Part memoir, part collective history, part archival work / documenting the evolving UK feminist movement from the late 80's onwards / part tribute to everyone who took part in the Silver Moon Women's Bookshop journey.
This is also a love song to the power of literature to change lives and empower women and change the male attitude.
This is a book I'm glad to have read, glad Jane wrote and took the steps forward for women in literature. I recommend to everyone; especially the male of the species.
Jane and her partner at the time Sue decided to open Silver Moon in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. They were brave women, not only was their bookshop championing the cause of feminism through literature but they were also lesbians. So the odds were stacked against them but they decided to beat the system and go their own way.
Part memoir, part collective history, part archival work / documenting the evolving UK feminist movement from the late 80's onwards / part tribute to everyone who took part in the Silver Moon Women's Bookshop journey.
This is also a love song to the power of literature to change lives and empower women and change the male attitude.
This is a book I'm glad to have read, glad Jane wrote and took the steps forward for women in literature. I recommend to everyone; especially the male of the species.