In Re-Sisters, artist and founding member of Throbbing Gristle Cosey Fanni Tutti examines the lives of three non-conforming women: herself, pioneer of electronic music Delia Derbyshire and 15th-Century mystic Margery Kempe.
Their backgrounds could scarcely be more different, but she recognises in them all a chafing against the structures of their time which saw them undermined and ostracised. Though the connections sometimes feel forced, the characters are all interesting enough to make the book a compelling read.
Dani Garavelli is a journalist and broadcaster
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