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On the March: A Novel of the Women's March on Washington

Trudy Krisher

If you're familiar with the power of #metoo and #shepersisted, you'll understand the power of ON THE MARCH: A NOVEL OF THE WOMEN'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON.


A work of Women's Fiction that has crossover appeal in the New Adult and YA market, ON THE MARCH is about three women, all strangers, who meet on the bus journeying from Kansas to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 2017 Women's March on Washington. Henrietta Oldham is an elderly woman who runs a failing antique store; Birdie Jackson is a shy African-American teenager who is marching at the insistence of her feminist aunt; Emily Messer is a recent college graduate who needs more in her life than her job as a barista. All three women have secret, undisclosed reasons for attending the march, and in the course of the novel, as the women begin to know and trust each other, these secrets are revealed.


Although Henrietta, Birdie, and Emily appear to have little in common as they begin their ride, ON THE MARCH confirms that classic women's issues - sexual harassment, pay inequity, self-sabotage, even bra-stuffing - serve as common intersectional bonds among women across the generations. Even more, sharing their stories on the 34-hour trip together as well as participating in the march itself becomes the catalyst for changing each of their lives for the better.


ON THE MARCH is about the revived feminist spirit of our times, an intellectual, cultural, and often hilarious novel of the zeitgeist. It will appeal to millions of women who are now culturally and politically engaged, whether they marched or not. The idea behind the novel was to watch the way the events of the march helped women of different ages, races, and backgrounds come together to create positive change in the world and in each of their lives.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Social Justice Press
  • Publish Date: Dec 20th, 2021
  • Pages: 310
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.81in - 1.19lb
  • EAN: 9780578347820
  • Categories: Coming of AgeWomen

About the Author

Krisher, Trudy: - Trudy Krisher has a reputation as a trailblazer in writing and speaking out about sensitive issues surrounding self-identity, race, and gender through her fictional works. Similar to her protagonists Maggie from SPITE FENCES and Pert from KINSHIP, Krisher grew up in the South. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1946, she was raised in South Florida."It doesn't take much to get me inspired!" says Krisher, "Usually, I want to write about people who are living out the questions on my mind."In each of her books, Krisher wrestles with difficult questions that each of her heroines needs to face. In SPITE FENCES, for instance, Maggie Pugh asks herself, "Why do people try to wall each other out with fences?""In my novels, I enjoy exploring a variety of artistic approaches that manifest themselves in unique creative forms. However, most important to me is always the audience for whom I write. Speaking to audiences of young adults-offering whatever insights I can about the world they will soon be entering- is among my most enjoyable experiences."Trudy Krisher is the recipient of an International Reading Association Award. Her books have been named ALA Best Books for Young Adults; an Ohioana Award; a Jefferson Cup Honor Book of the Virginia Library Association; a Parents' Choice Honor Book; a winner of The Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award; and the Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Books and more.Learn more about her at her website: www.trudykrisher.com

Praise for this book


Charles G. Campbell

5.0 out of 5 stars SO ABSORBING

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2021

Krisher is such a wonderful writer. This story of three women who board a bus to travel to the first Women's March is both heartwrenching and heartwarming. The march was pivotal to history, and Krisher makes it personal for all of us. Required reading.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Full Text:

"And then the most astonishing thing happened: The crowd began to roar. The roaring came in a rolling wave, gathering at the far edges of the crowd and then sweeping to the front. It was a tsunami gathering force deep in the ocean of history and then plunging across the world, its beaches, its cities, its farmlands, its mountains, sweeping the entire globe. Henrietta was awestruck. It felt like church. Like something sacred, transcendent, holy. Her decades of silence had been given a voice."

Trudy Krisher's ON THE MARCH follows three women as they make the long cross-country trip to Washington DC to participate in the Women's March. This contemporary novel remembers this powerful protest in which people marched across the world to call for gender equality and to challenge Trump's misogyny, with 800,000 marching in DC.

I really enjoyed this novel; its characters shone throughout. Their growth and bonds with one another made something as mundane as a lengthy bus journey really special. It captured the importance of this protest, and the continued importance of the messages at the heart of it. Despite its being a fictionalised retelling, ON THE MARCH highlighted intersectional experiences, and drew attention to the many issues at the heart of the demonstration. As the protagonist Emily remembers, "Equality is a Team Sport."

-Caitlin Davies, Baratheon books