SECRET VOICES: A YEAR OF WOMENS DIARIES (HB)

A captivating collection of extracts from women's diaries, which looks back over four centuries to discover how women's experience of men and children, sex and shopping, work and the natural world, has changed down the years. And, of course, how it hasn't. Based on the calendar year, with several selections for each day, the book is a fascinating record of how women were thinking, feeling and reacting to historical events and daily life. Contains writing by Lady Anne Clifford, Anne Frank, Anne Lister, Virginia Woolf, Oprah Winfrey, Ma Yan, and many others.