'The story is set in a small Oregon town in a future that Mike Pence can almost see if he stands on his pew.This provocative exploration of female longing, frustration and determination couldn't be more timely, and yet there's nothing fleeting about it. Each of the interwoven story lines is complex and heartbreaking in its own way, and overall it's a fascinating and unsettling exploration of the limits society can place on women's bodies.'― Samantha Irby, Marie Claire 'In an alarming peek into a dystopian future, a group of women navigates family and motherhood in an America that has outlawed abortion, in vitro fertilization, and adoption by single women. It's a beautiful metaphor for the interdependence of women's lives.'― Naomi Alderman, New York Times Book Review Her cunning device of not revealing the name of each character in the sections she narrates grants us a multidimensional perspective on all four women, highlighting their roles in one another's stories.

Zumas is a skillful writer, expertly keeping each of her characters in balanced motion, never allowing one to dominate the rest. ' lyrical and beautifully observed reflection on women's lives. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. This is a story of resilience, transformation, and hope in tumultuous-even frightening-times. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles, Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience, evoking THE HANDMAID'S TALE for a new millennium.

RED CLOCKS is at once a riveting drama, whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy, and a shattering novel of ideas. And Gin is the gifted, forest-dwelling herbalist, or 'mender,' who brings all their fates together when she's arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro's best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. Susan is a frustrated mother of two, trapped in a crumbling marriage.

Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivør, a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom. In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. One of Publishers Weekly's most anticipated titles of Fall 2017įive women. One of Wall Street Journal's Twelve Books to Read This WinterĪ Ploughshares most anticipated book of Fall

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