Except, for all the savagery displayed, Elison has done a masterful job in limiting the sexual violence. Not unsurprising given in this post-plague world women have become a commodity. Of the six books nominated for the PKD, this one just pips Memory of Water as my favourite.Ĭompared to other end of the world narratives, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is a brutal novel. But what hope is there in a world where pregnancy is a death sentence for both mother and child? Now she survives by masquerading as a man and offering her services as nurse and midwife.
The bulk of those who have survived are men, which makes women a scare resource. A plague has wiped out most of the population.
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