Bad Girls, Good Women

Bad Girls, Good Women is one of five fantastic Rosie Thomas backlist titles newly repackaged into B format in Arrow with a great new look They were going to make their own rules... The gospel of freedom according to Mattie Banner and Julia Smith. In London, on the brink of the Sixties, two runaways plunge into the whirl of Soho nightlife. Mattie faces the hard slog of repertory companies and a sleazy strip-club in search of fame as an actress. But, when it comes, stardom is not enough, and the love that Mattie desires seems to clude her. Julies choose marriage and Ladyhill, a beautiful Dorset manor house. Then, after the tragedy, she realises that to achieve true independence she will have to risk her marriage and her child. Thought each has to make her own choices, their friendship - despite the guilt and betrayal - endures over three turbulent decades.


Genre: General Fiction