Things a Bright Girl can Do

Resumen del libro

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and clever, she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university. Enraged that she is expected to marry her childhood sweetheart rather than be educated, she joins the Suffragettes, and vows to pay the ultimate price for women's freedom.

May is fifteen, and already sworn to the cause, though she and her fellow Suffragists refuse violence. When she meets Nell, a girl who's grown up in hardship, she sees a kindred spirit. Together and in love, the two girls start to dream of a world where all kinds of women have their place.

But the fight for freedom will challenge Evelyn, May and Nell more than they ever could believe. As war looms, just how much are they willing to sacrifice?

Biografía del autor

Nació en Stock-on-Tess (Inglaterra). Al acabar la escuela, Nicholls optó por viajar por todo el mundo. Llegó a Australia y Nueva Zelanda, después de haber trabajado un tiempo en un hospital de la Cruz Roja en Japón. Volvió al Reino Unido para empezar una licenciatura de Filosofía y Literatura en la Universidad de Warwick. Sally Nicholls ha ganado el premio Waterstones Children's Book Prize, y ha sido preseleccionada para el Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, el Costa Children's Book Award y la Carnegie Medal en dos ocasiones.