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Glasgow, 1915. Set against the background of rent strikes, anti-war sentiment and a revolution brewing in Russia, a young Jewish woman from the Gorbals gains her first taste for protest and female solidarity. But it is her own brutal rape that galvanises her even further as she campaigns to introduce birth control to the women of the city. Distraction comes with a love affair, exposing her to the prospect of a new life in communal settlements taking root in British-mandate Palestine.

This novel is about a young woman trying to find her way in the world of men, but is a story of the new world for women opened by contraception, and communism.

David Simons’ first novel was shortlisted for the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize. He was awarded a Writer’s Bursary from Scottish Arts Council (Creative Scotland) to assist in the writing of The Liberation of Celia Kahn. He has worked as a lawyer and as a journalist, living in Australia, Japan and elsewhere, before becoming a full time writer. He lives in Glasgow.