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 Hazel - Julie Hearn
 Hazel - Julie Hearn ... for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. With money pouring in from the family's Caribbean sugar plantation, a father who spoils her rotten, and no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever, her future is looking as prim and proper as one of her hats. But on the day of the Epsom Derby - June 4th, 1913 - everything changes. A woman in a dark coat steps out in front of the King's horse, dying days later from her injuries. Who was she and why did she do it? Hazel is determined to find out. But finding out leads her into worse trouble than she could ever have imagined. It leads to banishment. To secrets that have festered, and a shame that lingers on. To madness and misunderstanding in the place where sugar cane grows. Sweet but dull - that's how life used to be for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. Not any more.Newest Review: ... a day school for daughters of gentlemen, a father that is In Sugar and a mother - slightly bohemian, vegetarian and spending ... more ... her days in the Battersea Dogs' Home. Her inquires about suffragettes are not welcome - most people, including those of her own sex consider them to be dolally womenand the subject is not deemed appropriate for Hazel's young and sensitive ears. Hazel is a strong-minded girl with a need for independence and the idea of making a stand in a name of more rights for women appeals to her growing need for rebellion and self-assertion.
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Hazel - Julie Hearn: Teen Suffrage (692 words)
by - written on 15/03/08 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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Hazel is 13 and watching the Epsom Derby with her father. It's June 4th, 1913 and a woman in a dark coat steps out in front of the King's horse to be trampled to death. The event, understandably, makes a strong impression on Hazel and starts her on a journey of discovery that will span the geographical distance between London and The West Indies, and the psychological distance between the sheltered existence of a bourgeois childhood and a much more grown up awareness of a young woman. A lot happens in "Hazel": despite the main character being quite introspective, the action rolls on at a good speed and with a mixture of humour and heartbreak. As ... Read the complete review
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