'PERSEPHONE PRESS' BOOKS FOR WOMEN
Beautiful Paperback editions
of books:
BY WOMEN
FOR WOMEN
ABOUT WOMEN
'Persephone Press' is a new Publishing House in London which specialises in producing delightful grey paperbacks, with brilliantly coloured endpapers chosen specially to fit in with the theme of the book.
The books make ideal gifts, designed to appeal to women of all ages, all over the world.
They come with bookmarks in the same design as the endpapers (illustrated above and at bottom) and can be purchased directly from Cotswold Epicure at £10 each.
Original Cover of 'Few Eggs and no Oranges'
MARIANA by MONICA DICKENS
A wonderfully readable novel about a girl growing up in the
inter-war period
AN INTERRUPTED LIFE:
THE DIARIES OF ETTY HILLESUM 1941-43
Intensely moving true collection of letters & diaries by a
young Jewish woman in Nazi Europe.
THE VICTORIAN CHAISE-LONGUE
by MARGHANITA LASKI
'A little jewel of horror' - One of the most skilfully-told
& terrifying ghost stories of the 1950s
WILLIAM - AN ENGLISHMAN
by CICELY HAMILTON
The First World War & Suffragettes seen through the eyes of
an 'ordinary' Englishman
SOMEONE AT A DISTANCE
by DOROTHY WHIPPLE
Written in 1953, this is a compelling tale about the fragility
but also the tenacity of love
FIDELITY by SUSAN GLASPELL
Classic novel about a girl running off with a married man at the
turn of the century
FEW EGGS AND NO ORANGES:
DIARIES OF VERE HODGSON 1940-45
Funny, observant chronicle of an ordinary woman in very
extraordinary circumstances
THE HOME-MAKER
by DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER
A husband and wife swap traditional roles in 1920s New England
GOOD EVENING,MRS CRAVEN:
TALES by MOLLIE PANTER-DOWNES
Twenty One Short Stories about English domestic life during the
Second World War
Postage and Packing is £1 per book, or £7.95 for 8+.
We also offer a gift wrapping service; the books can be beautifully wrapped in handmade paper and sent with your message to anywhere in the UK for just £1.50 extra.