{"product_id":"womb-city-9781645661016","title":"Womb City","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ewith \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman's right to her own body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah's perfect life is precarious. After a drug-fueled evening culminates in an eerie car accident, Nelah commits a desperate crime and buries the body, daring to hope that she can keep one last secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth claws its way into Nelah's life from the grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the ghost of her victim viciously hunts down the people Nelah holds dear, she is thrust into a race against the clock: in order to save any of her remaining loved ones, Nelah must unravel the political conspiracy her victim was on the verge of exposing--or risk losing everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a cruel futuristic surveillance state where bodies are a government-issued resource, this harrowing story is a twisty, nail-biting commentary on power, monstrosity, and bodily autonomy. In sickeningly evocative prose, \u003ci\u003eWomb City \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates how patriarchy pits women against each other as unwitting collaborators in their own oppression. In this devastatingly timely debut novel, acclaimed short fiction writer Tlotlo Tsamaase brings a searing intelligence and Botswana's cultural sensibility to the question: just how far must a woman go to bring the whole system crashing down?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTlotlo Tsamaase\u003c\/b\u003e (xe\/xem\/xer or she\/her\/hers) is a Motswana writer. Xer novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Wilting Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, is a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and was the first Motswana nominee for the Rhysling Award. Tlotlo received support from the Rolex Mentor and Prot?g? Arts Initiative, and xer story \"Behind Our Irises\" jointly won the Nommo Award. Xer short fiction has appeared in multiple best-of anthologies, \u003ci\u003eAfrica Risen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Suns 2, Chiral Mad 5, \u003c\/i\u003e and other venues. \u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e is Tlotlo's debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878181736722,"sku":"9781645661016","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2f19c06-4ed0-407d-b9ca-ef237ac828e9.jpg?v=1738251667","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/womb-city-9781645661016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}