The narrator felt scared- surprised, in a bad way. This makes the readers interested, more interested how it ends, since you've got a good start.
"wheels of change" tells the story of the impact of the bicycle on women´s lives from 1870´s to the early years of the 20th century. It tells the stories of women who rode bicycles for fun, for profit, and to make a statement about women´s rights or women roles in the world. Illustrated liberally with photographs, maps, advertisements and cartoons, as well as contemporary songs, poems and newspaper clippings, the book helps readers travel to a time gone by to see firsthand how women used the bicycle as a vehicle to improve their lives.
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