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04297aim a22004575a 4500 001 3DEBBBD2940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 230105s2023 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 9788212004986 020 $a 8212004988 020 $a 9798212004985 028 42 $a MWT15022119 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Carey, C. J., $e author. 245 10 $a Widowland : $b a novel $h [electronic resource] / $c C.J. Carey. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Blackstone Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 16 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Esther Wane. 520 $a An alternative history with a strong feminist twist, perfect for fans of Robert Harris's Fatherland, Christina Dalcher's Vox, and the dystopian novels of Margaret Atwood To control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature. London, 1953, Coronation year-but not the Coronation of Elizabeth II.Thirteen years have passed since a Grand Alliance between Great Britain and Germany was formalized. George VI and his family have been murdered, and Edward VIII rules as King. Yet, in practice, all power is vested in Alfred Rosenberg, Britain's Protector. The role and status of women is Rosenberg's particular interest. Rose Ransom belongs to the elite caste of women and works at the Ministry of Culture, rewriting literature to correct the views of the past. But now she has been given a special task. Outbreaks of insurgency have been seen across the country: graffiti daubed on public buildings. Disturbingly, the graffiti is made up of lines from forbidden works, subversive words from the voices of women. Suspicion has fallen on Widowland, the run-down slums where childless women over fifty have been banished. These women are known to be mutinous, for they have nothing to lose. Before the Leader arrives for the Coronation ceremony of King Edward and Queen Wallis, Rose must infiltrate Widowland, find the source of this rebellion, and ensure that it is quashed. "Storytelling at its best! I rarely come across a book I can't put down but I devoured this one. It was The Handmaid's Tale but even more closely tied to the reality of our world, showing what happens to women under a totalitarian regime." "Fatherland meets The Handmaid's Tale in C. J. Carey's compelling what-might-have-been new novel?Widowland is a compulsive, terrifying read." "In Widowland, C. J. Carey has written an electrifying, Orwellian dystopia with a thrilling feminist twist. Carey renders a post-WWII alternative history that demonstrates the resilience of women and their ability to find light even in the darkest places. In Carey's expert hands, one can truly believe that literature can change the world." "C. J. Carey takes the great 'what if' question of the twentieth century and gives it a wholly inventive feminist twist?Tense, thought-provoking, and terrifying, Widowland is about a woman's search for truth in a world bent on destroying all traces of it." "This utterly engrossing exploration of the subversive power of literature?part thriller, part dystopian fiction, part feminist cautionary tale?is a rollicking homage to women who refuse to accept being less. It could not be more timely." 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Women $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Social stratification $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Male domination (Social structure) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Insurgency $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Undercover operations $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y 1951- $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Dystopias. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Wane, Esther, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15022119?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bsa_9798212004985_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206011751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3DEBBBD2940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search