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Westward Women: 'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood' JOYCE CAROL OATES
Alice Martin
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'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel The Edible Woman' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying' OLIVIA GATWOOD
'Haunting, nostalgic and sharply observant' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
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It starts with an itch.
In 1970s America, in homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.
Tired. Blank. Restless.
Drawn to the Pacific Ocean like it's calling them home, they abandon their lives -- jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever.
At the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable.
Aimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper -- known for leading infected women West.
Teenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van.
And Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her . . .
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'An all-American fever dream' LEE CLAY JOHNSON
'A speculative feminist road trip thriller unlike any other' GINA CHUNG
'Taut and shocking' ANNA NORTH
Read MorePraise for Westward Women: 'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood' JOYCE CAROL OATES
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Westward Women has an air of prophecy enhanced by its close attentiveness to the intimate lives of girls and women. An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel The Edible Woman - Joyce Carol OatesWestward Women is a speculative feminist road trip thriller unlike any other. An incredible ride from start to finish, this is a novel you'll want to both savour and burn through. A chilling, unforgettable, and ultimately hopeful story that will get under your skin and stay there - Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and Green FrogExceptionally written and all-consuming, this is an intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying fable about women's instincts as a means for survival. Westward Women had me at every turn, and stayed with me long after I'd put it down - Olivia Gatwood, author of Whoever You Are, HoneyWestward Women is a wholly original look at what it means to be female, itching with fear and promise and the desire to find your true self in the face of constant interference. Alice Martin writes with eloquence . . . the question of who will understand and protect, turn away, or take advantage is explored in an epic road trip novel that is impossible to put down - Rachel Moulton, author of The Insatiable Volt Sisters and Tinfoil Butterfly
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