by SarahHall (Author)
Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize England is in a state of environmental and economic crisis. Under the repressive regime of The Authority, citizens have been herded into urban centres, and all women of child-bearing age fitted with contraceptive devices. A woman known as 'Sister' leaves her oppressive marriage to join an isolated group of women in a remote northern farm at Carhullan, where she intends to become a rebel fighter. But can she follow their notion of freedom and what it means to fight for it?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 0571315623
ISBN 13: 9780571315628
Book Overview: An intense and visionary piece of dystopian fiction, from a writer of enormous range and sensitivity.