To preserve her freedom, she dons men's clothing, goes by false names, and avoids as many people as possible. Even fewer are safe from the clans of men, who, driven by fear, seek to control those remaining. All that remains is power-and the strong who possess it.Ī few women like her survived, though they are scarce. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population-killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant-the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. Even fewer are safe from the clans of men, who, driven by fear, seek to control those remaining"-Back cover.Ī Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 and Philip K. A few women like her survived, though they are scarce. All that remains is power-and the strong who possess it. About the Book "In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population-killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant-the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one.
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