Daughters of the North (P.S.) - Softcover

Hall, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061430366 ISBN 13: 9780061430367

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

In her stunning novel, Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils fitted to every female of childbearing age. A girl who will become known only as "Sister" escapes the confines of her repressive marriage to find an isolated group of women living as "un-officials" in Carhullan, a remote northern farm, where she must find out whether she has it in herself to become a rebel fighter. Provocative and timely, Daughters of the North poses questions about the lengths women will go to resist their oppressors, and under what circumstances might an ordinary person become a terrorist.

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Product Description:

[ { By Hall, Sarah ( Author ) DAUGHTERS OF THE NORTH Apr-01-2008 Paperback } ]

Review:

"A ferocious dystopian novel...Hall's dystopian story of resistance and struggle...must be read at the same time as a kind of optimism, striking in its final pages a defiant chord that reminds us power can sometimes be defeated, if not always, and if always at great cost."--Independent Weekly (Durham, NC)

"If you liked Children of Men, give this sci-fi page-turner a read. Sister exists in a dystopian future where the UK is under a totalitarian regime."--OK! Magazine (FIVE STARS)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061430366
• ISBN 13: 9780061430367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240