Widowland
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
HBL Note: Described as The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Alice Network, I think WIDOWLAND by C.J. Carey is going to be a trip as it imagines what our world would look like if Britain had surrendered to the Nazi’s and were under their control for a decade. It received outstanding reviews when released in the UK and last year it was named one of the best thrillers by the New York Times. But although it is taking a look into history, it has themes relevant to today as we continue to see a rise of fascism and books being banned.
"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." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of two historical mystery series as well as several internationally bestselling historical novels
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Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
From the publisher:
To control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature.
LONDON, 1953. Thirteen years have passed since England surrendered to the Nazis and formed a Grand Alliance with Germany. It was forced to adopt many of its oppressive ideologies, one of which was the strict classification of women into hierarchical groups based on the perceived value they brought to society.
Rose Ransom, a member of the privileged Geli class, remembers life from before the war but knows better than to let it show. She works for the Ministry of Culture, rewriting the classics of English literature to ensure there are no subversive thoughts that will give women any ideas.
Outbreaks of insurgency have been seen across the country with graffiti made up of seditious lines from forbidden works by women painted on public buildings. Suspicion has fallen on Widowland, the run-down slums where childless women over fifty have been banished. Rose is given the dangerous task of infiltrating Widowland to find the source of the rebellion before the Leader arrives in England for the Coronation ceremony of King Edward VIII and Queen Wallis.
Will Rose follow her instructions and uncover the criminals? Or will she fight for what she knows in her heart is right?
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
Book Feature - Widowland by C.J. Carey
