The Grace Year is The Handmaid's Tale meets Lord of the Flies - a page-turning feminist dystopia about a young woman trapped in an oppressive society, fighting to take control of her own life. It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky. Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. That's why we're banished for our sixteenth year, to release our magic into the wild before we're allowed to return to civilization. We're told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Published: 10th October 2019 | Publisher: Del Rey | Cover Designer: | Source: NetGalley I received this eProof for free from Del Rey via NetGalley for the purposes of providing an honest review.
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