u003cbu003e____________________u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eu003cbru003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eWhat do you do next, after you've changed the world?u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club - an old possession of hers, unseen for more than a decade.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Women's Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing - nothing - since then has had the same depth, the same excitement.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies. Giving the wooden club a thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea - but what starts as a brilliantly idealistic plan is derailed by a connection with Mattie's militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eOld Baggageu003c/iu003e is a funny and bittersweet portrait of a woman who has never, never given up the fight.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e ____________________u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller' u003ciu003eStylistu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e