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SUMMARY:Brave New World Book Club: The Grace Year
DESCRIPTION:Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. The Grace Year by Kim Liggett: No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County\, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds\, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac\, the potent essence of youth\, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year\, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life?a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman\, but as her own grace year draws near\, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. It's not even the poachers in the woods\, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. The Grace Year by Kim Liggett: No one speaks of the grace year. It&rsquo\;s forbidden. In Garner County\, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds\, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac\, the potent essence of youth\, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That&rsquo\;s why they&rsquo\;re banished for their sixteenth year\, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life?a society that doesn&rsquo\;t pit friend against friend or woman against woman\, but as her own grace year draws near\, she quickly realizes that it&rsquo\;s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It&rsquo\;s not even the poachers in the woods\, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.
LOCATION:Clear Lake Public Library 200 N 4th St
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