num_pages: 224
description: Emma Donoghue, celebrated author of Slammerskin, vividly animates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. An engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theological pamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out into rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts to "improve" women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of the period as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them to unforgettable life in fiction.
language: English
title: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
titlecomplete: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
genres: Fiction, Historical, Ireland, Short Stories, Queer, LGBT, Canada, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1525
publisher: Virago