for all the women who thought they were Mad
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
for all the women who thought they were Mad
By (Author) Zawe Ashton
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
14th October 2019
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ethnic studies
Social and cultural history
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
Gender studies: women and girls
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
Description
they like to see us fall to slip on branches full of fruit we have not tasted Lately, its small things. Pop songs. The radio. Every day, anguish becomes madness. Call on your family. Call on the ancestors. Can they guide you home we are pearl and earth and root we know ourselves to be natural and complete carved from rock that floats but we should still be careful what we wish for some of us can sink in the upstream for all the women who thought they were Mad is an urgent piece of theatre examining the myriad of forces that collide and conspire against women of colour in Britain today.
Author Bio
Zawe Ashton is a novelist, poet, playwright, filmmaker and actor. She most recently starred on stage in Harold Pinters Betrayal alongside Tom Hiddleston and in the film Velvet Buzzsaw alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. Her first novel Character Breakdown was published this year.
