They Came Bearing Bread: The Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain
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The porteuses de pain (female bread porters) delivered bread in French cities for over a century. They had notoriously hard lives, doing difficult labor and typically living in poverty. One was involved with a famous gang, another with the biggest abortion scandal of the time. Artists and writers portrayed them in paintings, sculpture, novels, poems and plays.This book offers the first in-depth look at their lives: contemporary views of them, their...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B08QVZXZPN
ISBN13:9798580988559
Release Date:December 2020
Publisher:Independently Published
Length:88 Pages
Weight:0.31 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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