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sarahrigg 's review for:
The Gate to Women's Country
by Sheri S. Tepper
This is one of Tepper's earliest novels and one that got her noticed. I see why after reading it- it pulled me in and I found it very compelling. I can forgive any flaws in a novel if the characters are well-rounded and interesting, and they definitely were in this novel. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world where women and men live in separate areas of the same cities, with women running day-to-day affairs in Women's Country and men living in the Warrior's barracks. The women raise their boy children to age 5 and then give them over to the warriors. The boys can decide at age 15 if they want to stay with the warriors or come back through the gate to women's country to live peacefully with the women.
Note: A couple of my queer female friends were put off by one line in the book about lesbianism being bred out of the gene pool.
Note: A couple of my queer female friends were put off by one line in the book about lesbianism being bred out of the gene pool.