Goodreads asked Caroline Beecham:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Caroline Beecham I was researching 'Maggie's Kitchen' when I came across the War Artists' Advisory Committee, whose role was to produce an artistic and documentary history of Britain during wartime. Then I discovered that of the thirty-seven full-time contracts given, thirty-six went to men and only one was given to a woman. This really sparked something for me and I imagined there would have been female artists who had an issue with this, and Eleanor was one of them!

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