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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers. 'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

2010年的愛爾蘭科克，金融危機的陰影籠罩整座城市。仍在書店打工的女大學生Rachel，對未來毫無頭緒，直到她遇見風趣迷人、充滿活力的James。兩人一拍即合，成為室友，也成為彼此生命中最親密的朋友。他們住進一間破舊小屋，在拮据的生活裡喝酒、戀愛、犯錯，努力把迷惘的日子過得像一場盛大的冒險。然而，當Rachel對已婚教授的迷戀意外將四個人的命運牽扯在一起，一連串關於愛情、祕密與背叛的事件，也開始朝誰都無法預料的方向發展。《The Rachel Incident》以幽默犀利的筆觸，寫下友情最親密也最混亂的模樣。這不只是一個女孩的成長故事，更是關於一群年輕人如何在經濟衰退、社會束縛與不確定的未來中，跌跌撞撞地認識愛、慾望與自己。那些當時以為足以毀掉人生的錯誤，或許多年後回頭看，正是我們真正長大的地方。An international bestseller: the hilarious, heartfelt story of unexpected loveThe international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love'I loved it' COCO MELLORS'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' GABRIELLE ZEVIN'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' MONICA HEISEY'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written' GRAHAM NORTON'Easily 13/10 . . . Funny, lovely, romantic' MARIAN KEYES'I loved it ... had me reading with my hand over my heart' TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER____________________________________________________________________________Everyone in Cork remembers the Rachel Incident. But wh

1945. Dead of night and dead of winter; war brings a stranger to the door; a family is tricked into a act of compassion and danger.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE DARK ROOM AND A BOY IN WINTER'A complex, intelligent, deeply compassionate novel about the unglamorous aftermath of war . . . A brilliant piece of story-telling' ANDREW MILLER, author of THE LAND IN WINTER'This fine novel investigates the fate of displaced people in the hazardous, dirty backwash of the second world war' GUARDIAN'Marvellous . . . a wide-ranging novel that beautifully balances the tumultuous reach of history with the everyday concerns of ordinary people' DAILY MAIL'Powerful . . . Seiffert's writing beautifully captures this devastating moment of history' SPECTATORTo be truly alive means having to make choices. To be truly alive is also, quite simply, to love.Northern Germany, 1945. Dead of night and dead of winter, a boy hears sol