Brigitte Dale The Good Daughters review and information of the content of the first novel by the American author and historian. Pegasus Books will publish the Brigitte Dale historical novel about the Sufragettes in London, on November 4, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the novel, the author and the publication.
Brigitte Dale The Good Daughters review
- “The Good Daughters brings fresh energy to the plight of the Suffragettes and fight for women’s right to vote. This retelling of the battle for women’s votes sheds light on another side of the Suffragette movement. It contrasts the pressures each of the characters face to conform, and be so-called ‘good daughters,’ with the need to stand up for oneself and their collective rights. The narrative also alludes to the gritty reality that the Suffragettes faced at the hands of the police…Together, they achieve more than they ever thought they could.” (Jessica Mills, author of The English Chemist)
- “Dale’s beautifully written novel drew me right in—it was almost as if I were marching right along with her vibrant cast of characters in their fight for suffrage. The depth and nuance of the storytelling, the vivid portrayal of the injustices suffered, and the power of women determined to bring about change build to a crescendo that feels fiercely relevant today. I loved it.” (Fiona Davis, athor of The Stolen Queen and The Lions of Fith Avenue)
- “Knowing the price many paid is an essential piece of history, powerfully communicated in this engaging novel” (Booklist)
- “The Good Daughters is a powerful novel inspired by the real women who risked everything to fight for women’s voting rights. With vivid insight to the dangers, the persecution, the judgement, and terror these women faced, the story reflects just how steep the stakes could be. Dale’s immense research and atmospheric writing shines in this must-read debut.” (Madeline Martin, author of The Booklover’s Library)
The Good Daughters
- Author: Brigitte Dale (United States)
- Book type: historical novel about the Suffragettes
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
- Released: November 4, 2025
- Length: 352 pages
- Format: hardcover/ ebook
- Prize: $ 27.95 / $ 18.99
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the novel by Brigitte Dale
A moving and vivid story of three suffragettes in London and the battle for equality that tests the strength of their will and the bonds of their friendship.
In 1912, three young women from wildly different backgrounds are bound together by their desire to have a say in their future.
Charlotte, disappointed to discover that college isn’t the key to the freedom she longed for, shocks her family when she moves to London and joins a group of suffragettes willing to upend social norms for the vote. Aristocratic Beatrice, with a law degree she legally can’t put into practice and a fiancé she’s not particularly excited to marry, escapes to London to spend her last months of unmarried life with the suffragettes, and falls deeply—and dangerously—into forbidden love. Emily, the daughter of the warden of the infamous Holloway Jail, grieves her mother and saves her wages for a better life outside the prison’s walls. Her best chance at escaping the drudgery of her life is to stay out of trouble, but when the suffragettes land in her father’s cells, she must consider risking not only her family’s livelihood, but her own future.
With the dangerous stakes of the suffrage campaign becoming a fight for the women’s bodies and lives, they enter a treacherous world where the laws and justice system are stacked against them. They face violent protests, hunger strikes, and brutal forced feedings, and the women must decide how much they are willing to risk for their freedom and for each other.
Brigitte Dale is an American author, editor, and historian. She earned her master’s degree in women’s history at Yale and has written about suffragettes and feminist history in the anthology Women’s Suffrage in Word, Image, Music, Stage, and Screen (Routledge); Electric Literature; Medium; and other publications. She is an assistant editor at St. Martin’s Press and her bookstagram.