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Book club help please - feminist /female perspective books

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funnypeculiar · 17/05/2007 11:54

Hi all
I (foolishly) suggested at our last book club that we should do a 'feminist' book next (we've been doing too many boys' books, imho!) .... and now I have to suggest one .... It needs to be fairly readable/not too long!!

My starters for 10 were
The Female Eunach (but think lots of people have read it)
Angela Carter - possibly Nights at the Circus
The Women's Room (but very long, and dull in the second half)
Handmaid's Tale - but we've done quite a lot of sci-fi recently

Any other ideas??

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ahundredtimes · 17/05/2007 12:03

Tony Morrison, Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries, Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing (old hat for new fems), Sarah Walters, Maya Angelou, Colette? I can think of masses. Or take something different and read in from a feminist perspective? That could be fun - Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, Patricia Highsmith.
Any help?

southeastastra · 17/05/2007 12:02

wild swans? (i'm still halfway through)

ArcticRoll · 17/05/2007 12:00

My Brilliant Career-Miles Franklin?