Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Literary Biography & Memoir
Chopsy

Chopsy: The Resistance Tales of a Working-Class Woman

Paperback Published on: 26/02/2026
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Synopsis

Chopsy is a memoir like no other – a gut-wrenchingly powerful, yet frequently funny account of a life spent defying the prejudice and inequality faced by working-class women.

Maya Jordan’s ambition and resilience was born in the library and nourished by the Open University – through poverty, early motherhood, precarious housing, caring responsibilities and chronic disability – to a point where she finally seized her right to write.

'Funny as hell and full of fight. Maya’s voice is the real deal' Daisy May Cooper

'A curse on being ordinary! Wrong is not her name. Her name is Maya Jordan. She is a noisy woman and we should fear her' Michael Sheen

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Duckworth Books
  • ISBN: 9780715656136
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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Chopsy
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What a read! Kept me hooked, once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down. A brilliant book about love, and a lifetime of fighting back against everything p... READ MORE
Tilly Jordan
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Chopsy
Give this a read!
I really enjoyed this book. t’s an engaging, thoughtful read that stayed with me after I finished it, I would definitely recommend it.
Mary Jones
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