Jessica Wragg crafts narratives deeply rooted in her experience as a butcher, a profession that has shaped her perspective since adolescence. Her writing merges a decade-long career in the meat industry with a distinctive literary voice, offering readers an intimate glimpse into the physical realities and skilled craft of her work. She often explores themes surrounding women in male-dominated fields, drawing power from her lived experiences. Wragg's prose is characterized by its directness and authenticity, revealing the profound in the ostensibly mundane.
Gabrielle Hamilton meets April Bloomfield in a lyrically written memoir about life as a female butcher. When 16-year-old Jessica Wragg applied for a job at the local farm shop in her hometown of Chesterfield, England, she never expected to land a position behind the all-male butchery counter.