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The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Emily Shaffer delivers a dynamic performance of this dystopian audiobook. She masterfully connects listeners to the characters' emotions, creating passionate and realistic performances. -- AudioFile Magazine

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture

Survive the year.

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.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

Praise for The Grace Year:

A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner. - Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author

The Grace Year seethes with love and brutality, violence and hope. It is a remarkable and timely story of the bonds between women, the cost of breaking those bonds, and the courage it takes to defy a patriarchy intent on crushing feminine strength. -- Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes

This book is harrowing and absolutely riveting, an insidious journey from reason to madness that manages to completely refresh the concept of the patriarchal dystopia, with a beautifully realized ending that goes to a very different, and even more believable, subtle, and unexpectedly satisfying, place than I expected. - Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood

At sixteen, Kim Liggett left her rural midwestern town for New York City, where she pursued a career in music and acting. While attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kim sang backup for some of the biggest rock bands of the 80's. After settling down to have a family, she became an entrepreneur, creating a children's art education program and a travel company specializing in tours for musicians. She has two beautiful children.
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ISBN 13 9781250145451
ISBN 10 1250145457
Title The Grace Year
Author Kim Liggett
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher St Martin's Press
Year published 2020-10-27
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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