It's taboo to speak of.įorced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever an absentee father the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed and watching her beloved cousin Bea become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn't know.
The first adult novel by the Newbery award-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the MoonĪlex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons left a trail of fiery destruction in their path and took to the skies. Genres: Fiction, Literary, Coming of Age, Feministīuy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book DepositoryĪ rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman's place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are. Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 2022
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. She rejects dragons for too long due to this resentment, but one cannot take their eyes away from Alex’s emotional journey.I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. To her credit, the author depicts both decisions with grace, while considering Alex’s resentment equally. Alex’s mother knits knots and bracelets, choosing to keep herself in her human life, meanwhile her fierce and opinionated aunt chooses to leave the constraints of the patriarchy behind and take flight. Most of all, she skillfully ponders the role of women and their choices. At one point, she reflects on memory: “It finds the holes in the universe and stitches them closed, tying the threads together in a tight unbreakable knot.” Barnhill’s capacity to find philosophy in the smallest things is unparalleled, and her craft contributes to this bizarre yet fascinating tale.
Yet regardless of the plot, Barnhill more than compensates with the utilization of enthralling prose. Although these do contribute to world-building in many ways, it wears on the pace of the story. Beyond the story itself, the author invents documents and annals of scientific research for this reimagined period of history.
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