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From Women to the World, Letters for a New Century
Timely counsel from the worldly wise
SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENT: (Above) The Rape Hurts Foundation (RHF) in Bukyerimba, Kamuli, Uganda and (inset) its founder Hellen Lunkuse T Waiswa
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DENNIS BROE searches the literary canon to explore why a duplicitous, lying, cheating, conning US businessman is accepted as Scammer-in-Chief
MIK SABIERS raises a glass of Lambrini to commentary, diatribes, punk rock riffs, some pontification and a whole lot of fun
BRENT CUTLER unpicks the complex social relations imagined in a novel about the builders of Stonehenge
SUSAN DARLINGTON laments a version of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes that is unable to solve its own problems
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IN THIS collection of writings from women across the world, letter-writing is put to work to declare women’s solidarity, strength and resolve.
Edited by Elizabeth Filippouli, a journalist and founder of several networks to promote women’s leadership through partnerships, the book draws on “a global group of accomplished women,” made up of political activists, diplomats and business executives, with a smattering of royalty, writers and artists.
Each letter is a declaration addressed to someone admired, missed or hoped for in the future.
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