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"Look at us. A small group of women all cooped up together with no release from each other save in the privacy of our bedrooms. Women brought together not by liking, but by the necessity of earning our living." Ireland in the 1930s. When enthusiastic young teacher Jean Wade arrives at Malyn Park Private School, she thinks she's landed on her feet: lively pupils, cosy staffroom, and a room of her own. But her high ideals and friendly manner bring her into conflict with the sharp-tongued staff, whose cloistered existences are consumed by jealousy, bickering and petty feuds. When a colleague's precious manuscript is destroyed, Jean's future comes under threat, but she soon realises the truth isn't always black and white. With a cast of eleven women and an all-female production team, Women Without Men is a frank, affecting picture of working women in a man's world. Laced with biting wit, it asks just what women must sacrifice to preserve our independence.

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Author: Hazel Ellis