Supporting Act by Lidbeck, Agnes prize

Supporting Act by Lidbeck, Agnes prizeAuthor: Lidbeck, Agnes Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 2 July 2025 by Peirene Press Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 198 x 125 0g The social contract is non negotiable. The woman must be a mother. The woman must be desirable. The woman must be a caregiver. When Anna gives birth, she surrenders completely to motherhood, reshaping her body, identity and purpose, shielding herself from the burden of her own desires. But as

a jazz trumpeter whose moment of glory is fading

127 x 198 x 28 | 282g

he becomes tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved

including William Rufus and Cnut the Great – the only Scandinavian king to rule England and a North Sea empire

resistance

via mini-skirts and bottom-pinching

to keen cookbook buyers looking for new inspiration' Rukmini Iyer

and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world

including anthology favourites such as 'The Christmas Life'

and seeks out increasingly strange contemporary art

far from disappearing

When I read I'm always searching for pleasure