The Women on Platform Two: A Novel of Ireland
In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this “heartbreaking, powerful, and ultimately uplifting” (Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House) novel inspired by a little-known true story.
Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy Davenport and they look forward to growing their family. But as her husband’s vicious temper emerges, Maura worries that her home might never be safe for a child. Meanwhile, her close friend Bernie, a mother of three, learns the devastating news that another pregnancy could prove fatal.
Dublin, 2023: A close call makes Saoirse realize that she may never want to be a mother. Little does she know that only a few decades ago, a group of women made this option possible for her. And she’s about to meet one of them…
The Women on Platform Two is an “inspiring novel about the liberating paths blazed by Irish women” (Kirkus Reviews) and how much farther we still have to go.
Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy Davenport and they look forward to growing their family. But as her husband’s vicious temper emerges, Maura worries that her home might never be safe for a child. Meanwhile, her close friend Bernie, a mother of three, learns the devastating news that another pregnancy could prove fatal.
Dublin, 2023: A close call makes Saoirse realize that she may never want to be a mother. Little does she know that only a few decades ago, a group of women made this option possible for her. And she’s about to meet one of them…
The Women on Platform Two is an “inspiring novel about the liberating paths blazed by Irish women” (Kirkus Reviews) and how much farther we still have to go.
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“The Women on Platform Two” is based on a true story about a group of women in Dublin, Ireland in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s who work together to form a women’s liberation group to fight for women’s rights to contraceptives. The book follows fictional characters Maura Flynn who marries Dr. Christopher Davenport and Bernie McCarthy who is a mother of three with a fourth on the way with her husband Dan, a butcher. Two women who originate as strangers with marriages and lives on opposite ends of the spectrum, wind up forming a fast friendship and bond that lasts the rest of their days. Throughout the story I felt moments of heartbreak, anger, but also hope and an uplifting narrative. The women in the story were courageous and bold, heroes in their own right. I fell in love in with this book and its characters. This is a definite recommend from me!
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