A critically acclaimed page-turning feminist dystopia about a young woman trapped in an oppressive society, fighting to take control of her own life. It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky. Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. That's why we're banished for our sixteenth year, to release our magic into the wild before we're allowed to return to civilisation. We're told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. a remarkable and timely story of the bonds between women' Sabaa Tahir 'An incredibly important and empowering read' Natasha Ngan _ THE RESISTANCE STARTS HERE. seethes with love and brutality, violence and hope.
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