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One Woman Show

Christine Coulson
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin)
Published: January 9, 2025
ISBN: 9781802067262
208 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£10.99

A novel like no other  remarkably told through museum wall labels  about a twentieth-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist

Prized, collected, critiqued. One Woman Show revolves around the life of Kitty Whitaker as she is defined by her potential for display and moved from collection to collection through multiple marriages. Christine Coulson, who has written hundreds of exhibition wall labels for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, precisely distils each stage of Kitty’s sprawling life into that distinct format, every brief snapshot in time a wry reflection on womanhood, ownership, value and power.

Described with wit, poignancy and humour over the course of the twentieth century, Kitty emerges as an eccentric heroine who disrupts her privileged, porcelain life with both major force and minor transgressions. As human foibles propel each delicately crafted text, Coulson playfully asks: who really gets to tell our stories?

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