“The truth has always been a more complex commodity than the market can easily package and sell.”
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<b>One of the <i>New York Times</i>'s Ten Best Books of 2017</b><b>A <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Best Book of 2017</b><b>One of the <i>Washington Post</i>'s Ten Best Books of 2017</b><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of 2017</b><b>One of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>'s Ten Best Books of 2017</b><b>A </b><i><b>Bustle </b></i><b>B</b><b>est Book of 2017</b><b>A <i>Paste</i> Magazine Best Novel of 2017</b><b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle </i></b><b>B</b><b>est Book of 2017</b><b>Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction<br></b><b><br></b><b>One of President Obama's favorite reads of 2017</b><br><b><b>"<i>The Power </i>is our era's <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>." --Ron Charles, <i>Washington Post</i></b></b><br><b>"Novels based on premises like the one at the core of <i>The Power</i> can quickly become little more than thought experiments, but Alderman dodges this trap deftly -- her writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost limitless. She also has a pitch-dark sense of humor that she wields perfectly." --Michael Schaub, NPR<b><br>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editors' Choice</b><b><br></b><b>An Amazon Best Book of 2017</b></b> <b><b><b><b><br></b></b>**WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION**<br><br>What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?</b></b><br><br>In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power--they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets.<br><br>From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, THE POWER is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways.<br><br>
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“The truth has always been a more complex commodity than the market can easily package and sell.”
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“Jews: look to Miriam, not Moses ... Muslims: look to Fatimah, not Muhammad. Buddhists: remember Tara, the mother of liberation. Christians: pray to Mary for your salvation.”
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“There is a noise that is different to grief. Sadness wails and cries and lets loose a sound to the heavens like a baby calling for its mother. That kind of noisy grief is hopeful. It believe...”
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