The Women on Platform Two
A Novel of Ireland
Laura Anthony
- In
- 1970s
- Dublin,
- all
- forms
- of
- contraception
- are
- strictly
- forbidden,
- but
- an
- intrepid
- group
- of
- women
- will
- risk
- everything
- to
- change
- that
- in
- this
- sweeping,
- timely
- novel
- inspired
- by
- a
- remarkable
- and
- 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
- if
- she
- conceives
- again,
- her
- health
- complications
- 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
- a
- haunting,
- powerful
- story
- of
- feminine
- resistance
- and
- resilience
- that
- reminds
- us
- all
- of
- where
- we
- started—and
- how
- far
- we
- still
- have
- to go.
