Significance and Reception
Although Union Street was "highly praised" by critics, it also drew unfavourable comments due to its subject matter and setting. The Guardian reported that one interviewer was appalled by the realistic coverage of "menstruation, childbirth and back-street abortion" and declared the book to be "far too gynaecological".
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