Chilling, poignant, haunting, and unfortunately, all too timely. The biggest changes often begin with the smallest rebellions, and the emotional conclusion will resonate. Profound moments lie in small details, and readers' hearts will race and break right along with the brave, capable Tierney's. Liggett's immersive storytelling effortlessly weaves horror elements with a harrowing and surprising survival story. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. It's not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life-a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. But not all of them will make it home alive. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. I couldn't stop reading.' - Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author Survive the year. Liggett's deeply suspenseful book brilliantly explores the high cost of a misogynistic world that denies women power and does it with a heart-in-your-throat, action-driven story that's equal parts horror-laden fairy tale, survival story, romance, and resistance manifesto. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture! 'A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner. About the Book Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.Ī speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power.

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