Florrie

(Hardback)

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The story of Florrie and her life-long passion for the game is drawn in this debut graphic novel about football, friendship and falling in love. When Florrie's great-niece discovers she was a footballer in the early twentieth century, she unearths a secret history both on and off the pitch. Boxes from the attic contain match reports, photos and love letters, revealing football games and love affairs in Norfolk, London, Paris and Berlin. Florrie's adventures touch on both invented and real events- huge crowds at matches in London and Preston, international fixtures, dances at lesbian club Le Monocle in Paris, and the devastating consequences of the FA's 1921 ban on women's football. This is a story of self-discovery, friendship, queer love, and all alongside these huge (and little known) historical moments for the women's game. In Florrie, Anna Trench brings readers a beautifully drawn, evocative and warm-hearted love-song to a remarkable woman and sport.