{"product_id":"widowland-paperback","title":"Widowland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. J. Carey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A compulsive, terrifying read.\"--Kate Quinn, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of Margaret Atwood's \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e comes a thrilling feminist dystopian novel set in an alternative history that terrifyingly imagines what a British alliance with Germany would look like if the Nazis had won WWII.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONDON, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRose 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutbreaks 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Rose follow her instructions and uncover the criminals? Or will she fight for what she knows in her heart is right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eWidowland\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A mind-bender of a novel about the power of literature to change minds. I loved it!\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Green Valley\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeneath a Scarlet Sk\u003c\/em\u003ey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I rarely come across a book I can't put down but I devoured this one.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Rhys Bowen, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of two historical mystery series as well as several internationally bestselling historical novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An electrifying, Orwellian dystopia with a thrilling feminist twist.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Lara Prescott, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secrets We Kept\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tense, thought-provoking, and terrifying.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Natalie Jenner, international bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Jane Austen Society\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBloomsbury Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692075618367,"sku":"9781728248448","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/958b2b3b9528b642d8105221b6bbeb38.webp?v=1764994280","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/widowland-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}