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A review by charlottesomewhere
Make More Noise!: New stories in honour of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage by Jeanne Willis, Katherine Woodfine, Emma Carroll, Patrice Lawrence, Catherine Johnson, M.G. Leonard, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sally Nicholls, Ally Kennen, Ella Risbridger
3.0
I've always had a complicated relationship with short stories and anthologies in general, but I was pleasantly surprised by this collection, which had more stories in that I enjoyed than not.
My favourite was Kiran Millwood-Hargrave's The Green Hearted Girl, which was a beautifully told fantasy story about a girl who is ultimately trying to bring different groups of people together for a common good. I also loved M. G. Leonard's The Bug Hunters, which tells the story of Sofia who loves bugs and finds herself being bullied at school because others see this as an unsuitable hobby for a little girl. It is also a story about making friends and it was brilliantly tolf.
Other stories in the collection more obviously fit with the theme of Women's suffrage. Patrice Lawrence's All Things Bright and Beautiful is based on real historical figure Olive Christian Malvery. In Tea and Jam, Katherine Woodfine, tells the stories of two sisters in different jobs. It looks at the life of women in service, and shows the start of change when a visitor to the home she works in gives Eveline hope for a better future through education.
This collection has something for everyone. If you haven't read it yet, you should.
My favourite was Kiran Millwood-Hargrave's The Green Hearted Girl, which was a beautifully told fantasy story about a girl who is ultimately trying to bring different groups of people together for a common good. I also loved M. G. Leonard's The Bug Hunters, which tells the story of Sofia who loves bugs and finds herself being bullied at school because others see this as an unsuitable hobby for a little girl. It is also a story about making friends and it was brilliantly tolf.
Other stories in the collection more obviously fit with the theme of Women's suffrage. Patrice Lawrence's All Things Bright and Beautiful is based on real historical figure Olive Christian Malvery. In Tea and Jam, Katherine Woodfine, tells the stories of two sisters in different jobs. It looks at the life of women in service, and shows the start of change when a visitor to the home she works in gives Eveline hope for a better future through education.
This collection has something for everyone. If you haven't read it yet, you should.