Blue Ticket
Sophie Mackintosh
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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARTHE GUARDIAN - MARIE CLAIRE [Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending . . . Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. --New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (ingenious and incendiary --The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you're given is the wrong one? Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue-ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself--and what that might mean for her child. With Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh has created another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our world that explores the impossible decisions women have to make when society restricts their choices.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Sophie MackintoshPublisher: Anchor BooksPublished: 05/04/2021ISBN: 9781984898906Pages: 304Weight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
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Book Title
Blue Ticket
ISBN
9781984898906
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
THE GUARDIAN - MARIE CLAIRE [Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending . . . Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. --New York Times Book Review
From the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (ingenious and incendiary --The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you're given is the wrong one? Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue-ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself--and what that might mean for her child. With Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh has created another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our world that explores the impossible decisions women have to make when society restricts their choices.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sophie Mackintosh
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/04/2021
ISBN: 9781984898906
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
THE GUARDIAN - MARIE CLAIRE [Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending . . . Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. --New York Times Book Review
From the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (ingenious and incendiary --The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you're given is the wrong one? Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue-ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself--and what that might mean for her child. With Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh has created another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our world that explores the impossible decisions women have to make when society restricts their choices.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sophie Mackintosh
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/04/2021
ISBN: 9781984898906
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
THE GUARDIAN - MARIE CLAIRE [Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending . . . Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. --New York Times Book Review
From the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (ingenious and incendiary --The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you're given is the wrong one? Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue-ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself--and what that might mean for her child. With Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh has created another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our world that explores the impossible decisions women have to make when society restricts their choices.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sophie Mackintosh
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/04/2021
ISBN: 9781984898906
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
THE GUARDIAN - MARIE CLAIRE [Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending . . . Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. --New York Times Book Review
From the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (ingenious and incendiary --The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you're given is the wrong one? Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? When Calla, a blue-ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself--and what that might mean for her child. With Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh has created another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our world that explores the impossible decisions women have to make when society restricts their choices.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sophie Mackintosh
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/04/2021
ISBN: 9781984898906
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
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