![]() ![]() To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future – outside the woods. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world.īut even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Vern – seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised – flees for the shelter of the woods. Opening line: The child gushed out from twixt Vern’s legs ragged and smelling of salt. Solomon is a brilliant voice in SFF and I can’t wait to see whatever they come up with next. I have come to absolutely love Rivers Solomon’s writing, whether it’s about a neuroatypical woman on a generation ship, mermaid-like creatures with the weight of history on their shoulders, or this creepy, haunting science fiction tale about a young mother searching for freedom. ![]()
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