The Power
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Author:ALDERMAN Naomi
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ISBN:9780670919963
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Publication Date:April 2017
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Pages:340
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Portfolio
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Country of Publication:
The Power
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Author:ALDERMAN Naomi
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ISBN:9780670919963
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Publication Date:April 2017
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Pages:340
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Portfolio
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Country of Publication:
Description
The novel follows four main characters as they pick their way across this changed world. There's Roxy, the daughter of a London crime family with three older brothers; she was never supposed to take over the family business but she starts to have other ideas. There's Tunde, a young journalism student in Lagos, who sees that the revolution needs documenting, and gets himself into some dicey situations trying to be the one to do it. There's Allie, who comes from a troubled background in the South of the USA and sees that what people need is something new to believe in. And there's Margot, who was a low-level politician in New England but begins to have new ambitions.
Now women have the power and it's their turn to abuse it. What would the world look like if men were afraid of women rather than women being afraid of men?
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The Power is feminist science fiction. What if the power to hurt were in women's hands? Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonising pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed.
The novel follows four main characters as they pick their way across this changed world. There's Roxy, the daughter of a London crime family with three older brothers; she was never supposed to take over the family business but she starts to have other ideas. There's Tunde, a young journalism student in Lagos, who sees that the revolution needs documenting, and gets himself into some dicey situations trying to be the one to do it. There's Allie, who comes from a troubled background in the South of the USA and sees that what people need is something new to believe in. And there's Margot, who was a low-level politician in New England but begins to have new ambitions.
Now women have the power and it's their turn to abuse it. What would the world look like if men were afraid of women rather than women being afraid of men?
Featured in the Deepest Winter 2017 Great Reads newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.