Book Review
The Trial of Lotta Rae: MacGowan’s debut novel is a bleak and brilliant tale of female reilience
Journalist and musician Siobhan MacGowan (sister of Shane) has set her story of oppression and fight in the tumultuous early years of the 20th century
Siobhan MacGowan comes from a long line of storytellers, the most famous of whom is her brother Shane, the London-Irish singer from the Pogues, whose songs frequently feel like novellas in verse form. Already a journalist and musician, Siobhan proves that she has inherited the family gift in this debut novel, set in London in the early 20th century.
Charlotte ‘Lotta’ Rae is a young, working-class Londoner who is the victim of a violent rape ...
