’Totally addictive.’
– Alice Loxton, The Daily Telegraph
‘An intriguing, highly snackable guide to women’s experiences.’
– Independent
‘A modern classic.’
– Alison Weir, author and historian
‘The sort of book you return to again and again.’
– Tracy Borman, author and historian
_________________________________________________________________________________
Sarah’s new book Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries is published by Batsford.
Featuring more than 100 diarists and covering over four centuries. Alison Weir called it “a book for all seasons – and all people…a modern classic”.
A captivating collection of daily extracts from women’s diaries, looking back over four centuries to discover how women’s experience – of men and children, sex and shopping, work and the natural world – has changed down the years.