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I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Jacqueline Harpman, Ros Schwartz
Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.

Deep underground, 39 women are kept in isolation in a cage. Aboveground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?

Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the 40th prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner.

Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them aboveground. The woman who will never know men.

©2019 Jacqueline Harpman (P)2021 Penguin Audio Dystopian Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Women's Fiction Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Went through this very quickly! Couldn't start anything else for a while after as the mysterious side of this story, the unanswered questions had me going over and over the details for a week with what I've heard people call a 'book hangover'. It came highly recommended and I can see why.
Trying to imagine this life, how you would act and react in the same setting that no human has found themselves in before...it made for a great choice for our book club!

Great for book club but brace for a hangover

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This book is so chilling and so haunting. You have no idea what's going on or what's going to happen and how the plot will turn. It consistently keeps you on the edge.

Haunting

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Captivating and unique story! Throughly and interesting - really surprised me in a wonderful way . Cant recommend highly enough

Wonderful read

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This book had an unsatisfactory ending (I was longing for an epilogue to answer all the questions) but despite this, it was very impactful. The sense of hopeless loneliness in the last quarter of the book was so palpable that I almost felt panicked by it. The narration was superb.

Strangely powerful

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I’m so glad I read this! It’s so thought provoking and moving. A must read.

Wow

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This is the most extraordinary book. beautifully written, beautifully read. I doubt I have ever read a similar book, nor one that I am sure will stay with me as this one surely will. Im gobsmacked, I honestly do not have the language to express how genuinely moved I am. It might be on the science fiction shelves but perhaps belongs under philosophy and humanities. Its magnificent, profoundly moving.

extraordinary

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Great vocal performance, would highly recommend for that alone. The story itself felt a little flat - unanswered questions and a meandering storyline made sense for the main character, and I did like it, but overall it felt like it was missing a point/question/idea to answer.

Interesting premise with excellent voice

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It had the ending of the feeling of what does it all mean, life! For me anyway. It’s a book that I talk about often and stayed with me.

Raw, gruesome at times and a meaningful

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A very thought provoking novel. I listened to it in one day. Really enjoyed it but felt the introduction contained too many spoilers so wish I had listened to it at the end. Definitely recommend

Don’t listen to the introduction before listening

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Profound and bittersweet. I was so sorry when it was over - I wanted to know more of this world. Masterful writing - will look for more by this author. Narration was also excellent.

Sublime

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