DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. To celebrate Virago's 50th birthday, in this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time. Featuring new and original stories by; Margaret Atwood Susie Boyt Eleanor Crewes Emma Donoghue Stella Duffy Linda Grant Claire Kohda CN Lester Kirsty Logan Caroline O'Donoghue Chibundu Onuzo Helen Oyeymi Rachel Seiffert Kamila Shamsie Ali Smith Introduced by Sandi Toksvig.
