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THREADS OF GOLD

By Jude Thomas (Silvereye Press, RRP $32.95)

t’s the 1890s in Dunedin and not everyone is having a good time. Billie, however, is living the dream: involved in women’s suffrage, rights for workers and the fight for women to wear whatever they damn well please. Into this world, this is a lushly drawn story that thrums with family, politics, fashion and love.

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