Book description
'Vividly portrays the human face of young women on the margins of society, women who defy being statistics, who have their own stories and loves to tell' Sophie Ward
WINNER OF THE PORTICO PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE OCKHAM AWARDS
It is 1973 and Jude - known to her friends as…
Why read it?
1 author picked Toto Among the Murderers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I write about violence against women, because I think it’s important and overlooked. Toto Among the Murderers takes place in the north of England in the late 70s and early 80s, when the country was shadowed by the presence of multiple serial killers. It sounds dark, right? But this is a paen to young womanhood, to the fun and freedom that can be inhabited even within the constraints of a world that, too often, allows women to be harmed.
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