num_pages: 200
description: Frannie and Doris, sisters and spinsters, are finally free from family ties and constraints. Taking off in their Plymouth Valient, they hit the road on a journey through the changing cultural landscape of America - civil rights marches and the assassination of Martin Luther King.
language: English
title: Spinsters
titlecomplete: Spinsters
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 227
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist
publisher: Serpent's Tail