The Book of Etta
Published on 21. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
314 pages
978-1-5039-4182-3 (ISBN)
Description
A Philip K. Dick Award nominee.
In a devastated world, one woman undertakes a desperate journey to rescue the future.
Etta comes from Nowhere, a village of survivors of the great plague that wiped away the world that was. In the world that is, women are scarce and childbearing is dangerous...yet desperately necessary for humankind's future. Mothers and midwives are sacred, but Etta has a different calling. As a scavenger. Loyal to the village but living on her own terms, Etta roams the desolate territory beyond: salvaging useful relics of the ruined past and braving the threat of brutal slave traders, who are seeking women and girls to sell and subjugate.
When slavers seize those she loves, Etta vows to release and avenge them. But her mission will lead her to the stronghold of the Lion-a tyrant who dominates the innocent with terror and violence. There, with no allies and few weapons besides her wits and will, she will risk both body and spirit not only to save lives but also to liberate a new world's destiny.
The Book of Etta is the sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife.
In a devastated world, one woman undertakes a desperate journey to rescue the future.
Etta comes from Nowhere, a village of survivors of the great plague that wiped away the world that was. In the world that is, women are scarce and childbearing is dangerous...yet desperately necessary for humankind's future. Mothers and midwives are sacred, but Etta has a different calling. As a scavenger. Loyal to the village but living on her own terms, Etta roams the desolate territory beyond: salvaging useful relics of the ruined past and braving the threat of brutal slave traders, who are seeking women and girls to sell and subjugate.
When slavers seize those she loves, Etta vows to release and avenge them. But her mission will lead her to the stronghold of the Lion-a tyrant who dominates the innocent with terror and violence. There, with no allies and few weapons besides her wits and will, she will risk both body and spirit not only to save lives but also to liberate a new world's destiny.
The Book of Etta is the sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife.
Reviews / Votes
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 pick for Spring 2017An Amazon Book Editor's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month for February 2017
"[A] devastating climax...Pulls no punches." -Kirkus Reviews
"Elison continues to startle her readers with unexpected gender permutations and fascinating relationships worked out in front of a convincingly detailed landscape." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Elison takes a nuanced look at the physical and psychological effects of sexual assault and forces its characters and readers alike to consider how it feels to be born with a culturally taboo identity." -Booklist
"Elison's powerful, evocative narrative...will immerse you in the story and keep you turning the pages." -Jon DeNardo, Kirkus Reviews
"The Road to Nowhere trilogy asks big questions about a world that's more possible than we might imagine, and it's a radically queer treatise on the future of sex." -LitReactor
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5039-4182-3 (9781503941823)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Meg Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award. Its sequel, The Book of Etta, is the second novel in the Road to Nowhere trilogy. The author lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes like she's running out of time.