The Women on Platform Two: A Novel of Ireland

In 1970s Dublin, contraception is strictly forbidden, but a group of women risk everything to change that in this novel inspired by a true story. In 1969 Dublin, Maura has recently married Dr. Christy Davenport and hopes to start a family. As her husband's violent temper becomes apparent, she fears her home may not be safe for children. Her close friend Bernie, who has three children, receives devastating news that another pregnancy could be life-threatening. In 2023 Dublin, a close call leads Saoirse to question whether she wants to become a mother. She is unaware that decades earlier, a group of women fought to make this choice possible for her—and she is about to meet one of them. The novel explores how Irish women blazed paths toward reproductive freedom and examines how much progress remains to be made.