Makeshift and Hunger March : Two Novels by Dot Allan

Allan, Dot

ISBN 10: 0948877960 / ISBN 13: 9780948877964

Published by Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2010

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Makeshift and Hunger March : Two Novels by Dot Allan
• Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948877960
• ISBN 13: 9780948877964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.704 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Confronting issues of class and gender, these two novels offer insight into city living for Scottish women in the 1920s and 1930s. First published in 1928, Makeshift deals with young Jacqueline's adolescence and early adulthood in early-20th-century Scotland. Her mother, a dressmaker working at home, is embittered about the state of her marriage and commits suicide. Jacqueline grows up and begins to write, struggling through difficult relationships.

Hunger March, first published in 1934, confines its action to a single day, the day of the great hunger march in Glasgow during the Great Depression. Intending to present a complete overview of the city, the novel interweaves stories of both working-class and middle-class characters. By alternately focusing on the failing merchant Arthur Joyce, his cleaner Mrs. Humphry and her unemployed son Joe, and a middle-class radical, this story heightens the interconnectedness of the classes.

About the Author

Dot Allan was a novelist whose writing career spanned nearly 40 years. Her work found popularity and critical approval in the 1920s and 1930s. Moira Burgess is a novelist, short story writer, and literary historian.