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Woman on the Edge of Time

By: Marge Piercy
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercy’s remarkable novel will speak to a new generation.

Connie Ramos has been unjustly incarcerated in a mental institution with no hope of release. The authorities view her as a danger to herself and to others. Her family has given up on her.

But Connie has a secret - a way to escape the confines of her cell. She can see the future.

For fans of The Handmaid's Tale, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic.

©2020 Marge Piercy (P)2020 W F Howes Classics Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction

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"She is a serious writer who deserves the sort of considered attention which, too often, she does not get." (Margaret Atwood)

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I started listening to this not knowing anything about the author or when it was written. I assumed (wrongly) it was a relatively recent dystopian feminist novel. I was completely floored half way through when I saw it had been written in 1976. Marge saw things so clearly about our future from almost 50 years ago. I was deeply absorbed in the utopian future - I only hope we can make some aspects of that future a reality.

Shockingly prescient

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So applicable for the women of today as it was over half a century ago. The narrator does a very capable job of differentiating the women’s voices. I highly recommend.

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As someone very despairing of the world now I really enjoyed the vision of the future in this book and the story is engaging and well told. I found the ending frustratingly ambiguous and un-satisfying, but on balance I'd still recommend it for the positives.

Interesting vision but disappointing ending

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Took literally 10 hours to get off the ground it felt…beautiful ideas and vision of the future that led to no societal change in the book…I’ve just finished and I feel tragedy

Inspiring, but incredibly frustrating

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One of the very few rereads from teenage years that I actually love just as much, if not more now.
Definitely one of my all time favourites.
I get why some don't like the ending, but I think it's probably the best thing about the entire novel! It says *way* more this way than if everything was wrapped up neatly.

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