{"id":3034,"date":"2017-04-19T19:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2020-03-20T13:58:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T08:28:54","slug":"power-naomi-alderman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/power-naomi-alderman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power by Naomi Alderman – When Girls Rule the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Power<\/em> takes place in a dystopian world where young teenage girls can pass electric sparks through their body because of a newly awakened power. Moreover, they can pass this on to older women too. Women are ecstatic by the new found power and slowly take over the world. The Power<\/em> is a shortlisted novel for The Bailey’s Prize 2017 which made me even more eager to pick up the read.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The story follows three key females – Roxy, Margot and Allie and a man named Tunde. Fourteen-year-old Roxy is the daughter of a London gangster. She witnesses her mother\u2019s murder in their house. She is one of the first to discover the power (and the strongest) when her mother\u2019s safety is threatened.<\/p>\n Margot is the mayor of a town in Wisconsin. When her daughter demonstrates her power, it awakens in Margot too. She keeps her power a secret and works her way up the ladder in meetings that make decisions about how to supervise the girls and their new found powers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Allie is a sixteen-year-old, mixed-race, foster daughter of white Christians Mr and Mrs Montgomery-Taylor. She is often raped by Mr. Montgomery and one day she discovers her power. She kills him with the power, runs away and resurfaces as Mother Eve. She attracts a large following who believe in a world run by women.<\/p>\nIn Brief<\/h3>\n