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Painting the Beauty Queens Orange

Women's Lives in the 1970s

Rhian E Jones editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Honno Welsh Women's Press

Published:4th Nov '21

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Painting the Beauty Queens Orange cover

The '70s wasn't all glam rock and flares, punk and pogo-ing In Painting the Beauty Queens Orange, the women who lived the decade reveal what it meant to push boundaries, claim your identity, and carve out your place amidst the winter of discontent, the scorching summer of '76 and the rise of Thatcherism. One young woman says a forced goodbye to her newborn baby. Another grasps new opportunities and sets sail on a LGP Tanker with a crew of men. A third asserts her sexual identity. A fourth sets up a kitchen table business that launches an international brand. These stories of ambition and adventure, motherhood and marriage, are by turns heart-breaking, humorous, and honest.

ISBN: 9781912905478

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

284 pages