{"product_id":"red-clocks-9780316434782","title":"Red Clocks","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive women. One question. What is a woman for?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom. Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivv?r, a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Susan is a frustrated mother of two, trapped in a crumbling marriage. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro's best students, who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. And Gin is the gifted, forest-dwelling herbalist, or \"mender,\" who brings all their fates together when she's arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a riveting drama, whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy, and a shattering novel of ideas. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles, Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience, evoking \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e for a new millennium. This is a story of resilience, transformation, and hope in tumultuous -- even frightening -- times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeni Zumas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eFarewell Navigator\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She is an associate professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Portland State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614724624658,"sku":"9780316434782","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35e2074b-83c2-408f-86e7-a32b3a9b95aa.jpg?v=1732458579","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-clocks-9780316434782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}