Rocking the System : Fearless and Amazing Irish Women who Made History by Siobhan Parkinson

Rocking the System : Fearless and Amazing Irish Women who Made History by Siobhan ParkinsonThe stories of twenty Irish feminists who rocked the system and changed history, told by one of Ireland's leading writers for young people. Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and

searching for - and finally finding - some redemption

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

'A true gift of a book

One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood

But whether it's daytrips to the beach or drawing secret sketches

and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things

and for home

A cerebrally enjoyable survey

and for the first time in their lives the lifelong friends find themselves on opposing sides

and Jazzlyn

persecution and regret pull at his subject matter: family love

All the accused were acquitted