The Women on Platform Two

Written by Laura Anthony

Narrated by Jessica Regan, Shakira Shute and Maeve Smyth

In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this “heartbreaking, powerful, and ultimately uplifting” (Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House) novel inspired by a little-known true story.

Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy Davenport and they look forward to growing their family. But as her husband’s vicious temper emerges, Maura worries that her home might never be safe for a child. Meanwhile, her close friend Bernie, a mother of three, learns the devastating news that another pregnancy could prove fatal.

Dublin, 2023: A close call makes Saoirse realize that she may never want to be a mother. Little does she know that only a few decades ago, a group of women made this option possible for her. And she’s about to meet one of them…

The Women on Platform Two is an “inspiring novel about the liberating paths blazed by Irish women” (Kirkus Reviews) and how much farther we still have to go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Mar 11, 2025
• ISBN: 9781797186245

Laura Anthony

Laura Anthony is a pseudonym for a published author of emotional women’s fiction. She lives in Kildare, Ireland, with her husband and children.

Reviews for The Women on Platform Two

[Monica · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent, emotional book about the troubled life of Irish women from all walks of life in the 1960's and the 1970's who were struggling to be wives and mothers but most of all to please men. The book describes very well the beginning of the fight for women emancipation and mainly for obtaining the right to legal contraception. Very good narration too.