Jill

On the surface a feminist manifesto, Jill is a poignant story of same-sex desire and unrequited love.An accessible new introduction tells the autobiographical story on which the novel is based - the authors own passionate attachment to a woman she called her wife, but who she couldnt have.The editor, Kirsti Bohata, is also the editor of Bertha Thomass Stranger within the Gates (Honno, 2008) and a widely published critic of Welsh womens writing. Her latest book is a co-edited volume of essays, Rediscovering Margiad Evans: Gender, Marginality and Illness (UWP, 2013) and her study of Amy Dillwyns fiction will be published by University of Wales Press. She teaches at Swansea University.