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040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPR6101.L43$bP69 2017
082 04$a823.92$222
100 1 $aAlderman, Naomi.
245 14$aThe power :$ba novel /$cNaomi Alderman.
250 $aFirst North American edition.
260 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c2017.
300 $a386 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain by Viking, October 2016. -- Title page verso.
520 $aWhen a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death.
520 $aA rich Nigerian boy; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. When a vital new force takes root and flourishes, their lives converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes.
650 0$aWomen$vFiction.
650 0$aTeenage girls$vFiction.
650 0$aMuscle strength$xWomen$vFiction.
650 0$aSex role$xFiction.
650 0$aSocial role$vFiction.