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Summary of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel set in a version of the United States that has been overthrown by religious fundamentalists. In what was once most likely Massachusetts, under the militaristic regime of the Republic of Gilead, women no longer have civil rights or autonomy...
2) Thainig An
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The stakes are high in Thainig An, an action-packed science fiction short story set amid The Saoirse War. Young Camoo and their baby-expecting parent are trapped in their house as the Saibhir soldiers sweep in to enslave the survivors of a bombing. With the soldiers banging on their door, Camoo must make the difficult decision to balance giving life and taking death to survive. Will the family make it through the night? Discover the answer in Thainig...
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In a world where food is scarce, the government rules, and ordinary people only exist to serve, can there ever be, happiness? As a child, living in a post-apocalyptic world, the only person Rachel can rely on is her mother. But when, her mother is killed, Rachel is initiated into The Programme where selected young girls are medicated to make them fertile. Fearing for her future, Rachel escapes. But, freedom comes at a price and Rachel must navigate...
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The Colour of Milk is a literary tour de force of power, class, and fate, told in the fierce, urgent voice of the irrepressible Mary, a character as indelible as The Color Purple's Celie and Margaret Atwood's eponymous Alias Grace.
Set in England in 1830, The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon is an emotionally haunting work of historical fiction - hailed as "charming, Brontë-esque...and hard to forget" (Marian Keyes) - about an illiterate farm girl's...
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Freeman's anthologies volume 5
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Spouse to spouse, soldier to citizen, looker to gazed upon, power is never static: it is either demonstrated or deployed. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary anthology Freeman's explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval.
Margaret Atwood posits it is time to update the gender of werewolf narratives. Aminatta Forna shatters the silences which supposedly ensured her safety as a woman of color walking in public...
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Nicola Barker weaves humor and tragedy through this fresh and original collection, as her characters struggle to find love, independence, and fulfillment in this new addition to the Ecco Art of the Story series
Nicola Barker's collection of her nineteen most brilliant stories exemplifies her ability to create daring, witty, and dynamic characters, all their idiosyncracies intact. Barker's stories often use wordplay and humor to stretch the boundaries...
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"The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I've never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice."—Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author
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"This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. With engaging prose, compelling stories, and a beautiful full-page image of each object, Annabelle Hirsch curates a diverse compendium of women and their things, uncovering the thoughts and...
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