Daughters of the North
Sarah Hall
HarperCollins
<p>In this stunning novel, Sarah Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils fitted to every female of childbearing age. A girl who will become known only as "Sister" escapes the confines of her repressive marriage to find an isolated group of women living as "un-officials" in Carhullan, a remote northern farm, where she must find out whether she has it in herself to become a rebel fighter. Provocative and timely, <i>Daughters of the North</i> poses questions about the lengths women will go to resist their oppressors, and under what circumstances might an ordinary person become a terrorist.</p><p>Includes an excerpt from Sarah Hall's new book <i>The Beautiful Indifference</i>.</p>