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The Grace Year
- Narrated by: Emily Shaffer
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The resistance starts here...
No one speaks of the grace year.
It's forbidden.
We're told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. That's why we're banished for our sixteenth year, to release our magic into the wild before we're allowed to return to civilization.
But I don't feel powerful.
I don't feel magical.
Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky.
It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it...
The Grace Year is The Handmaid's Tale meets Lord of the Flies - a feminist dystopia about a young woman trapped in an oppressive society, fighting to take control of her own life.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-22
Great book
Really enjoyed listening to this, great performance and interesting concept. So many repeated phrases though!
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- Ruby
- 20-09-21
A YA handmaid’s tale
This book is a interesting comment on the relationships between women. It delves deeply oppression and adversity can put us against one another or bring us together.
All the while being a complete page turner! I put it on when I went to bed and ended up staying up all night to finish it. Spectacular.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-09-23
Right up my street! Dystopian Genre is my favourite
Love this narrator she does such a great job with excellent expression and tones of voice.
The prose in this unique story is elegant and very emotive!
Highly recommend this read
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- Madi
- 11-09-21
Amazing
Loved it so much left wanting more no needing more
Needs to be a 2nd ASAP lol
Narrator was amazing 😻
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- 15-10-21
Creepy and evocative.
🧡 This is a beautifully crafted dystopia with an original take on female oppression. The romance elements do seem to happen a touch too fast, but I forgave that because the overall concept had so many layers.
💚 The idea that teenage girls are ‘dangerous’ to grown men together with the ambiguous addition of girls having magic is an effective metaphor for exploitation and sexualisation.
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🎧 Emily Shaffer reads this expressively and brings the characters to life.
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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO...
If you like this, try The Water Cure, Gather the Daughters and Vox.
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- Adi Loya
- 22-07-21
it's a new Hunger Games
The concept of young women having to suffer in order to purge their wickedness is taken to a brand new level. Up until the very end I wasn't sure if this is a sophisticated analogy, a magical story, or both - and I didn't care.
The pacing was stuttered at times, but still I spent every (rare) spare moment listening. The ending was a bit too perfect, so it's bittersweet.
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- Sherrie Phillips
- 24-04-24
Read this!!!
If you like me look and search for books for ages. This is one you definitely need to read!
This book has every emotion it’s fast but isn’t rushed. Please please read this book.
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- Christina
- 10-02-22
Brilliant book
loved this book, great book about seizing feminism
I would highly recommend this book. I finished it quickly because the storyline was moreish
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- Sharon
- 10-01-20
Solid Storyline
nice characters, good plot but I always knew what was coming next so no surprises in there for me I’m afraid... but still enjoyable with really lovely narration.
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- Abi
- 08-03-23
Beautiful, loved it!
The author had a beautiful way to describe surroundings and situations to really help paint a picture. I loved the plot of the story, which had a few unexpected twists.
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