{"id":3038,"date":"2018-09-21T13:03:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T17:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2018-09-21T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T17:03:40","slug":"book-of-the-unnamed-midwife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/09\/21\/book-of-the-unnamed-midwife\/","title":{"rendered":"Dystopian drama at its finest! A PW Best Book of 2016, and a Philip K. Dick Award Winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, by Meg Elison<\/h4>\n<p>After the virus wiped out most women and children, the few females who survived have to hide, scraping out their survival on their own, trying to stay clear of the gangs of men who want to control them. To <em>own<\/em> them. But one of those women knows how to deliver babies, and the world needs her. Now, more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>A unique dystopian drama, <em>The Book of the Unnamed Midwife<\/em> has a dash of <em>The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/em>\u00a0and elements of <em>The Postman<\/em>, but it&#8217;s a story all its own.\u00a0A\u00a0<i>Publishers Weekly<\/i>\u00a0Best Book of 2016 and Philip K. Dick Award Winner. Just $1.99 for a limited time.<\/p>\n<h4>Our thoughts on the sample:<\/h4>\n<p>Steven | Love the cover!!! Interesting, unique take on the post-apocalyptic world. Piqued my interest and seems well worth a read!<\/p>\n<p>Erin | Love the premise! Gripping sample! Jumps straight into the action. What happens next? <em>What happens next???<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ptQXKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Amazon<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>From the publisher:<\/h4>\n<p><b>A\u00a0<i>Publishers Weekly<\/i>\u00a0Best Book of 2016 and Philip K. Dick Award Winner<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth\u2019s population\u2014killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant\u2014the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power\u2014and the strong who possess it.<\/p>\n<p>A few women like her survived, though they are scarce. Even fewer are safe from the clans of men, who, driven by fear, seek to control those remaining. To preserve her freedom, she dons men\u2019s clothing, goes by false names, and avoids as many people as possible. 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