Dogged

Wolverhampton poet laureate Emma Purshouse published her debut novel, 'Dogged' in early 2021, and we've finally got round to making a digital version available (what can we say? We've been busy). Emma's home city provides the backdrop for the story, and it's a rich, complex, and engaging tale, centred on two Wolverhampton women in their 70s: Marilyn Grundy and Nancy Maddox. Marilyn is a little bit scared of Nancy, but then everyone is.
Nancy may be seventy-nine, but she's a force to be reckoned with, and even the local dealers tread warily round her. Who better to look after Marilyn's tartan shopping trolley when she needs to keep it hidden away? Nancy's got a lot on her mind, though, and a cough that's getting worse. Is she really going to be able to keep the trolley and its contents safe? What will the old goat have to say about it all? And what will happen to Toby, Marilyn's little white dog? Reviews for 'Dogged' are already coming in from folk who've read it. "Anyone who knows Emma Purshouse will not be surprised that she writes a book Wolverhampton and beyond should be proud of.
full of real people, page-turning plot, and dark humour. This is pitch perfect. Like Steinbeck it is more film than book.. it is an easy and hard and satisfying and unputdownable read!" Nadia Kingsley, Fair Acre Press.