They Came Bearing Bread: The Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain

by Jim Chevallier

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"