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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Like Fire-Hearted Suns
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'London, 1908. It’s the dawn of a new century and change is in the air.

'When 17-year-old Beatrice Taylor stumbles across the offices of the infamous Pankhursts and the Women’s Social and Political Union she begins to realise her future may not be the one she wants.

'Her friend Catherine Dawson is too pragmatic to get caught up in the women’s suffrage movement. Despite Oxford refusing to award women degrees she is determined to keep apace with her twin brother and pursue a career in science.

'Meanwhile, Ida Bennett, recently promoted to head wardress of DX wing at Holloway Prison, has her work cut out for her. The suffragette inmates are refusing to be treated like criminals—and Ida's not having any of it.

'This is the story of three women whose lives become entwined—with the burgeoning women’s movement and with each other. Like Fire-Hearted Suns shows how much things have changed for women—and how much they stay the same.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2024 .
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      Extent: 416p.
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      • Published 6 March 2024
      ISBN: 9781761152252

Works about this Work

Show Your Working : Melanie Joosten Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2024;
The Dismissal of Self : Ticking the Boxes of Historical Fiction Amy Walters , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 464 2024; (p. 26)

— Review of Like Fire-Hearted Suns Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work novel
'Melanie Joosten’s third novel follows three women who are brought into contact during the fight for British women’s suffrage. Beatrice Taylor, captivated by the movement, becomes a full-blown militant. Her college roommate Catherine Dawson stays out of the direct struggle, preferring to advance women’s rights through a trail-blazing career in scientific research. Ida Bennett, a widow, supports herself and her children as a warden in Holloway Prison. Although sympathetic to the cause of women’s emancipation, when the suffragettes are jailed she is responsible for disciplining them.' (Introduction)
Suffragettes Resurrected, Maternal Ambivalence and Toxic Teens: Two Australian Novels Impress, but One Overpromises Liz Evans , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 26 March 2024;

— Review of Like Fire-Hearted Suns Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work novel ; Thanks for Having Me Emma Darragh , 2024 single work novel
Suffragettes Resurrected, Maternal Ambivalence and Toxic Teens: Two Australian Novels Impress, but One Overpromises Liz Evans , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 26 March 2024;

— Review of Like Fire-Hearted Suns Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work novel ; Thanks for Having Me Emma Darragh , 2024 single work novel
The Dismissal of Self : Ticking the Boxes of Historical Fiction Amy Walters , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 464 2024; (p. 26)

— Review of Like Fire-Hearted Suns Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work novel
'Melanie Joosten’s third novel follows three women who are brought into contact during the fight for British women’s suffrage. Beatrice Taylor, captivated by the movement, becomes a full-blown militant. Her college roommate Catherine Dawson stays out of the direct struggle, preferring to advance women’s rights through a trail-blazing career in scientific research. Ida Bennett, a widow, supports herself and her children as a warden in Holloway Prison. Although sympathetic to the cause of women’s emancipation, when the suffragettes are jailed she is responsible for disciplining them.' (Introduction)
Show Your Working : Melanie Joosten Melanie Joosten , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2024;
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