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Katie Hale - My Name Is Monster (New Paperback)
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Synopsis
After the Sickness has killed off her parents, and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, Monster emerges from the Arctic vault which has kept her alive. When she washes up on the coast of Scotland, everyone she knows is dead, and she believes she is alone in an empty world.
Monster begins the long walk south, scavenging and learning the contours of this familiar land made new. Slowly, piece by piece, she begins to rebuild a life. Until, one day, she finds a girl: another survivor, feral, and ready to be taught all that Monster knows.
But the lessons the girl learns are not always those Monster means to teach . . .
Inspired by Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein, My Name Is Monster is a novel about power, about the things that society leaves imprinted on us when the rules no longer apply, and about the strength and the danger of a mother’s love.
Details
- Format : New Paperback
- Condition : New
- Category : Fiction - Science Fiction
- Published : 2021 (Canongate Books)
- ISBN : 9781786896360
- SKU : B002489
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Taut, tough and sensitive, the narrative conjures up a devastated world, inhabited by two intriguing characters, with precision and real atmosphere" - Daily Mail.
‘Strikingly beautiful’ - The Guardian.
‘Tough and tender’ - Joanne Harris.
"A riveting and disturbing novel, part twisted fairy tale and part dystopian nightmare, in which the primal human need to find meaning and love shines through the darkness of a ruined world" - Mick Kitson.