Red Clocks A Novel
Red Clocks A Novel by Leni Zumas, published by Little, Brown on January 16, 2018, is a thought-provoking exploration of women’s lives in a dystopian America where abortion and in-vitro fertilization are illegal. This first edition spans 368 pages and delves into the experiences of five women in a small Oregon fishing town as they confront new societal barriers and age-old questions about motherhood, identity, and freedom.
Readers will encounter Ro, a single high-school teacher aspiring to motherhood, Susan, a mother grappling with a failing marriage, Mattie, a pregnant student facing uncertainty, and Gin, an herbalist entangled in a modern-day witch hunt. Through their intertwined stories, the novel presents a compelling narrative that examines the complexities of female experience and resilience in challenging times. With themes of family life and the struggles of womanhood, Red Clocks invites reflection on the evolving roles of women in society.
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A National Bestseller
A New York Times Editor’s Choice
A Time Magazine Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
An Indie Next Pick
One of Wall Street Journal‘s Twelve Books to Read This Winter
An Esquire most anticipated book of 2018
An Elle Best Book of Winter
A Popsugar most anticipated book of Fall
A Ploughshares most anticipated book of Fall
A Nylon Best Book of the Month
One of Publishers Weekly‘s most anticipated titles of Fall 2017
Five women. One question. What is a woman for?
In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom.
Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivør, a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. Susan is a frustrated mother of two, trapped in a crumbling marriage. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro’s best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. And Gin is the gifted, forest-dwelling herbalist, or “mender,” who brings all their fates together when she’s arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt.
RED CLOCKS is at once a riveting drama, whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy, and a shattering novel of ideas. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles, Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience, evoking THE HANDMAID’S TALE for a new millennium. This is a story of resilience, transformation, and hope in tumultuous-even frightening-times.
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