Dalcher’s frighteningly pertinent, fast-paced thriller of extremism run rife fashions a terrifying world where women are all but silenced.
Silence can be deafening.
Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins.
Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you're a woman.
Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and seventy million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write.
For herself, her daughter, and for every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is only the beginning...
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008300678
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 280 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
‘A petrifying re-imagining of The Handmaid's Tale’ ELLE ‘This book will blow your mind. PRIMA ‘Intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing – everything a great novel should be.’ LEE CHILD ‘A novel ripe for the era of #MeToo’ VANITY FAIR ‘The book of the moment!’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘Razor sharp and terrifyingly plausible. Extraordinary.’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘A fast-paced, twisting thriller that left me speechless’ DAILY MAIL ‘Electrifying’ O, The Oprah Magazine ‘Truly compulsive’ STYLIST ‘Thrilling. I was left speechless!’ WOMAN & HOME ‘A dazzling debut’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘The Handmaid’s Tale 2.0.’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Set to dominate dinner party chats.’ COSMOPOLITAN ‘If you liked Atwood’s novel and Naomi Alderman’s The Power, I guarantee you will love this.’ THE POOL ‘A bold, brilliant and unforgettable debut.’ ALICE FEENEY ‘Gripping’ BELLA ‘Frighteningly relatable’ WOMAN ‘Be scared. Be very scared’ FABULOUS ‘Chillingly imagined’ SUNDAY MIRROR ‘Terrifying in its relevance’ GRAZIA ‘Thought-provoking’ PSYCHOLOGIES ‘Tense and engrossing’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘VOX has the sort of premise that immediately sets it apart.’ IRISH INDEPENDENT ‘The aftershocks of #MeToo have crept into publishing’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
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Dr. Jean McClellen and the rest of the female population of America have been reduced to speaking just 100 words a day, in a society governed by a far-right Christian group who aim to stamp out anyone not... More
I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy of this, and oh my gosh, this is AMAZING!!!
As soon as I read the concept of this book I was hooked, and the book is even better than I was expecting, and I was gripped...
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