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A stunning debut novel imagining a world where women can have children without men.
'Fantastic - completely topical, utterly believable, and that rare thing: an issue-driven book that feels like a story, not an issue' - Julie Cohen
When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history.
Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play?
In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie's pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they're forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart...
Author: Angela Chadwick
Paperback Published June 2019
'One of the feminist novels of 2018' Stylist
'Handmaid's Tale-shaped hole in your life? (Read) XX' The Times
'Fantastic - completely topical, utterly believable, and that rare thing: an issue-driven book that feels like a story, not an issue' Julie Cohen
'Pulled on my heartstrings . . . could not recommend more' Bookbag
'A pacy dystopian thriller' Red Magazine
'Topical, probing and quietly intense - XX is a phenomenal debut' Skinny
'Fantastic' Storgy
'Powerful exploration . . . Beautifully paced' Mancunion
'Emotionally compelling' - Lauren Wilkinson on her Year in Reading for Millions