{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-north-9780061430367","title":"Daughters of the North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Booker and Orange Prize-nominated author Sarah Hall comes the tale of an imaginary England, a future dystopian society where the right to bear a child is determined by a state lottery system.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning novel Sarah Hall draws on the work of Margaret Atwood and George Orwell to imagine a dystopic England where terrifying new systems of control are in place and reproduction has become a lottery. When a girl known only as \"Sister\" escapes the confines of her increasingly repressive marriage to find an isolated group of women living on a remote northern farm, she must find out whether she has it in herself to become an active insurgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating novel considers what lengths women will go to in a brutalized world in order to resist their oppressors, what tactics they must employ to survive and remain free. But the story asks a wider and more difficult question: under what circumstances might an ordinary person become a terrorist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061430367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.52w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Spectrum Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2008 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/2008 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Hall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924782387381,"sku":"9780061430367","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_422a8769-dcd8-4e16-a5c1-b64f36c9e3d6.jpg?v=1687838226","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/daughters-of-the-north-9780061430367","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}