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Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
a rough book. I first tried the audiobook version but gave up. The style is definitely not right for an audiobook. But I struggled with the paperback version too as the content is difficult, especially given the current times and state of abortion rights. As a passionate supporter of a woman's right to choose, I believe that government should not have a voice when it comes to a woman's decision regarding her own body and her reproductive choices. So this novel, which is set in an alternative reality where abortion and in vitro fertilization are illegal and punishments are harsh, is painful to read especially as, never in my lifetime, have we been as close to this "alternate reality" as right now. a fact which horrifies me.
The novel follows 4 female characters at various life stages: a wife and mother who is regretting some of the limitations these roles have placed on her, an author and teacher who is single and desperately wants a child, a teenager who finds herself pregnant and unprepared, and an outcast who provides natural herb mixtures and healing advice to those who seek her out. These women come alive to us as each one deals with her own decisions and the affect that society and the political climate is having on each of them. Interspersed among these lives is the history of a rare female Arctic explorer whose own feelings are less clear but whose story leaves the reader to contemplate on how each individual life impacts the world around them and what we all leave behind. All together, I found the book thoughtful if rather jerky, stylistically.
The novel follows 4 female characters at various life stages: a wife and mother who is regretting some of the limitations these roles have placed on her, an author and teacher who is single and desperately wants a child, a teenager who finds herself pregnant and unprepared, and an outcast who provides natural herb mixtures and healing advice to those who seek her out. These women come alive to us as each one deals with her own decisions and the affect that society and the political climate is having on each of them. Interspersed among these lives is the history of a rare female Arctic explorer whose own feelings are less clear but whose story leaves the reader to contemplate on how each individual life impacts the world around them and what we all leave behind. All together, I found the book thoughtful if rather jerky, stylistically.