Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan
Makeshift, first published in 1928, explores a young girl's life in early 20th-century Scotland. Dramatic and closely observed, it turns on the changing attitudes and expectations of women following the First World War. Hunger March dates from the middle of the Great Depression, interweaving the lives and stories of characters from all classes and areas of Glasgow. Both are highly readable and enjoyable works of fiction, offering a window into women's lives in the first half of the 20th century.
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Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan
Makeshift, first published in 1928, explores a young girl's life in early 20th-century Scotland. Dramatic and closely observed, it turns on the changing attitudes and expectations of women following the First World War. Hunger March dates from the middle of the Great Depression, interweaving the lives and stories of characters from all classes and areas of Glasgow. Both are highly readable and enjoyable works of fiction, offering a window into women's lives in the first half of the 20th century.
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Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan

Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan

Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan

Makeshift and Hunger March: Two Novels by Dot Allan

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Makeshift, first published in 1928, explores a young girl's life in early 20th-century Scotland. Dramatic and closely observed, it turns on the changing attitudes and expectations of women following the First World War. Hunger March dates from the middle of the Great Depression, interweaving the lives and stories of characters from all classes and areas of Glasgow. Both are highly readable and enjoyable works of fiction, offering a window into women's lives in the first half of the 20th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781906841102
Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Publication date: 11/18/2013
Series: ASLS Annual Volumes , #39
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 980 KB

About the Author

Dot Allan was a novelist whose writing career spanned nearly 40 years. Her work found popularity and critical approval in the 1920s and 1930s. Moira Burgess is a novelist, short story writer, and literary historian.

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