Synopsis:
America, 2026.
Feminism has been defeated.
Equality is a memory.
And abortion has been criminalised.
Three women find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Kate, carrying the child of a sexual predator. Grace, whose baby will be born with a fatal deformity. And Cindee: abused, abandoned and pregnant.
Their punishment will fit their crime.
Can these three very different women come together to fight an oppressive system and win their freedom?
Review:
If
you loved The Handmaid’s Tale you will love this book. And if you didn’t, you
will still love this book and it should be read by everyone as a compulsory
warning. Rachel McLean is very skilfully speculating on what society might look
like if men are the ones with the power and women are once again seen as
reproductive property. However, this is a gentler version of that kind of world,
not as brutal as Handmaid’s Tale, so would make a perfect introduction to that
kind of genre.
The
story covers short few months in the lives of three women form different social
classes. A criminal lawyer Kate, mother-of-three teacher Grace and a sixteen
year old shy and scared girl Cindee. Their lives are turned upside down because
of one thing and that is pregnancy and loss. Whether the loss is by choice or
by accident, the law sees all three women as criminals as abortion is unlawful and
proving a miscarriage is harder than ever.
Fantastic,
through provoking read. Ii is horrifying for me to think that this is how
things used to be (and still are in some countries and worse) and it could
always return to that too. Just depends on who is in power. One wrong person
and civilisation can be turned upside down.
Thank
you very much to TBConFB and the author for this book.
Rating: 5/5
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