To celebrate Virago's fiftieth birthday, fifteen award-winning, bestselling authors have written original stories embodying the spirit of Virago: feminist, fearless, fun, wild and defiant of convention.
DRAGON. TIGRESS. SHE-DEVIL.
For centuries past, and all across the world
HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH.
there are words that have defined and decried us.
HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE.
Words that raise our hackles
VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT.
fire up our blood;
FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.
words that tell a story.
In this blazing cauldron of a book, the boldest writers of our day have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.