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Emma Purshouse was the first poet laureate of the city of Wolverhampton, and it’s entirely appropriate that her home city provides the backdrop for her debut novel, dogged. The print edition of this book was published in 2021, but it's taken us till now to create a digital version (what can we tell you? We've been busy!)
dogged is a rich, complex, and engaging tale, centred on two Wolverhampton women in their 70 Marilyn Grundy and Nancy Maddox. Marilyn is a little bit scared of Nancy, but then everyone is. Nancy may be seventy-nine, but she’s a force to be reckoned with, and even the local dealers tread warily round her. Who better to look after Marilyn’s tartan shopping trolley when she needs to keep it hidden away?
Nancy’s got a lot on her mind, though, and a cough that’s getting worse. Is she really going be able to keep the trolley and its contents safe? What will the old goat have to say about it all? And what will happen to Toby, Marilyn’s little white dog?
Here's one of our favourite reviews for ‘Dogged’.
"Anyone who knows Emma Purshouse will not be surprised that she writes a book Wolverhampton and beyond should be proud of… full of real people, page-turning plot, and dark humour. This is pitch perfect. Like Steinbeck it is more film than book.. it is an easy and hard and satisfying and unputdownable read!” Nadia Kingsley, Fair Acre Press.
Nadia's not wrong. Read dogged for yourself and see why.
dogged is a rich, complex, and engaging tale, centred on two Wolverhampton women in their 70 Marilyn Grundy and Nancy Maddox. Marilyn is a little bit scared of Nancy, but then everyone is. Nancy may be seventy-nine, but she’s a force to be reckoned with, and even the local dealers tread warily round her. Who better to look after Marilyn’s tartan shopping trolley when she needs to keep it hidden away?
Nancy’s got a lot on her mind, though, and a cough that’s getting worse. Is she really going be able to keep the trolley and its contents safe? What will the old goat have to say about it all? And what will happen to Toby, Marilyn’s little white dog?
Here's one of our favourite reviews for ‘Dogged’.
"Anyone who knows Emma Purshouse will not be surprised that she writes a book Wolverhampton and beyond should be proud of… full of real people, page-turning plot, and dark humour. This is pitch perfect. Like Steinbeck it is more film than book.. it is an easy and hard and satisfying and unputdownable read!” Nadia Kingsley, Fair Acre Press.
Nadia's not wrong. Read dogged for yourself and see why.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 15, 2024
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