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Lucky Red
Claudia Cravens
A feminist Western and coming-of-age story – playful debut historical fiction for readers of Sarah Waters, Madeline Miller and Anna North.
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Summer 1877, Kansas: newly orphaned Bridget seeks refuge at a frontier saloon, where she’s welcomed by the women who run the brothel upstairs. She quickly takes to life there, but when a series of shocking double-crosses shatters the peace, she realizes she must reclaim her own destiny. Yet in a misogynistic world of outlaws and gunfights, nothing is certain . . .
A sharply realized, caustically witty and often moving revisionist depiction of frontier life that explores through its feminist heroine queer love, female friendships and the idea of a ‘found’ family in a page-turning romp of a female revenge thriller.
‘A subversive take on Western fiction: a deftly told, absorbing coming-of-age story [ . . . ] and one of the most heartfelt and thrilling books I’ve read in ages.’ Lauren Wilkinson, author of American Spy
Claudia Cravens grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a BA in Literature from Bard College and lives in New York City. Lucky Red is her first novel.
06 July 2023
Hardback • £14.99
234x156 • 304pp
9781838956738
Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can
Rights: AU, E, SL
Export Edition • £12.99
Trade Paperback • 9781838956745
E-book • £4.99 • 9781838956752
