Was that their decision? What will happen to those who are abandoned? Why did Marla, Alex’s dear aunt, change yet her mother did not? Alex is unsure. The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when countless numbers of regular wives and mothers gained wings, scales, and talons, left a trail of blazing devastation in their wake, and soared to the skies, was the most important event in Alex Green’s world, which otherwise resembles our own. The author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the Newbery Medal, presents her first adult book. A sincere, intricate, and completely engrossing coming-of-age tale that is both current and timeless.Ī stunning feminist story taking place in 1950s America in which millions of women spontaneously change into dragons destroying preconceived ideas about a woman’s role in the world and broadens perspectives on accepting others for who they truly are. This is the book you should read if you only read one this year.Īn unashamed feminist story called When Women Were Dragons tackles millennia of female wrath brought on by misogyny, brutality, and subjugation, which causes women to turn into DRAGONS out of the blue.
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