Sidonia Shore is obsessed... with everything.
After her father dies, Sidonia is ignored by her Egyptologist mother and so channels her energy into her many talents. Supported by her mother's eccentric friend, Frances, she travels Europe excelling in dancing, painting, sculpture and singing.
Her life continually hovers between tragedy and comedy, and when sensible David attempts to propose, Sidonia is torn. Should she settle down? Or is the bohemian lifestyle her destiny?
The Saturday Life is a sharp, hilarious tale of a girl working out her place in the world. The freshness of Radclyffe Hall's psychological insight and imaginative power is second to none. This novel is perfect for fans of Meg Cabot or Charlotte Bronte.
'Vivid and interesting' - Sunday Times
'An arresting and original piece of work' - Daily Telegraph
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed novels, short story collections, and poetry collections.
Genre: General Fiction
After her father dies, Sidonia is ignored by her Egyptologist mother and so channels her energy into her many talents. Supported by her mother's eccentric friend, Frances, she travels Europe excelling in dancing, painting, sculpture and singing.
Her life continually hovers between tragedy and comedy, and when sensible David attempts to propose, Sidonia is torn. Should she settle down? Or is the bohemian lifestyle her destiny?
The Saturday Life is a sharp, hilarious tale of a girl working out her place in the world. The freshness of Radclyffe Hall's psychological insight and imaginative power is second to none. This novel is perfect for fans of Meg Cabot or Charlotte Bronte.
Praise for A Saturday Life:
'Vivid and interesting' - Sunday Times
'An arresting and original piece of work' - Daily Telegraph
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed novels, short story collections, and poetry collections.
Genre: General Fiction
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