Femlandia: A Novel [B2327]

2022 PB, clean with minor cover wear. A gripping thriller from the bestselling author of VOX and Q. A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be.

Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia. But that was before the country sank into total economic collapse and her husband walked out in the harshest, most permanent way, leaving her and her sixteen-year-old daughter with nothing. The streets are full of looting, robbing, and killing, and Miranda and Emma no longer have much choice-either starve and risk getting murdered, or find safety. And so they set off to Femlandia, the women-only colony Miranda's mother, Win Somers, established decades ago.

Although Win is no longer in the spotlight, her protégé Jen Jones has taken Femlandia to new heights: The off-grid colonies are secluded, self-sufficient, and thriving-and Emma is instantly enchanted by this idea of a safe haven. But something is not right. There are no men allowed in the colony, but babies are being born-and they're all girls. Miranda discovers just how the all-women community is capable of enduring, and it leads her to question how far her mother went to create this perfect, thriving, horrifying society.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "God, this was a tough read. It felt like a bingo card of uncomfortable themes - suicide, destitution, starvation, gender bias and every type of violence going ... and that's before we get to the ending. I was gripped from start to finish. The most frightening thing about the world in Femlandia is that you can see it happening in real life very easily with what we're seeing today - the aftermath of what happened with Roe v Wade, the toxic followers of Andrew Tate and his ilk and the cost of living crisis. In my opinion, true horror stories are not about ghosts and evil doesn't come in the form of things that go bump in the night. It's the real world and the people who have power in it.";

"A very interesting and believable dystopian future."; "I am desperate to read more Christina Dalcher! Vox and now this are 2 of my favourite books. Very interesting concepts to discuss."

"I loved Vox by the same author and, although Femlandia is a well written story, I found it quite hard going due to the subject matter, particularly in the latter part of the book. It was a page turner and didn't take me long to read but I had to hug my son and my daughter quite hard afterwards."