{"product_id":"daughters-of-chaos-9781419772474","title":"Daughters of Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic novel about Civil War-era Nashville's \"public women,\" an age-old secret society, and the earth-shaking power of the female\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful spinning knife of a story that whirls back through the 1800s, the 1500s, the 4th century BC, and the age of myth to slice out an image of the pain and the power that women have inherited from antiquity.\" --Kevin Brockmeier, O. Henry Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Variations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e In 1862, after a tragedy at home, twenty-two-year-old Sylvie Swift parts ways with her twin brother to trace the origins of an enigmatic playscript that's landed on their doorstep. This text leads her to Nashville, an occupied city bustling with soldiers, saboteurs, partisans, powerful men--and powerful women. Sylvie trans lates the playscript by day, but at night, drawn into the work by the chief of the Union Army's Secret Service, she acts as a spy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Both endeavors acquaint her with a sisterhood whose members--including Hannah, a fiery revolutionary to whom Sylvie is increasingly drawn--possess potentially monstrous powers. Sylvie soon becomes entangled in the Cult of Chaos, a feminist society steadfast in its ancient mission to eradicate the violence of men. \u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by Aristophanes' \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e and the true story of Nashville's attempt to exile its prostitutes during the American Civil War, \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Chaos \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together \"found\" texts, fabulism, and queer themes to question familiar notions of history and family, warfare and power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419772474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Jen Fawkes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145910907061,"sku":"9781419772474","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4eefb895-1baf-4e28-9556-9b552f0127d0.jpg?v=1715699082","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/daughters-of-chaos-9781419772474","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}