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Westward Women

A Novel

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For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut—part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way toward a jaw-dropping finale.

This program features multicast narration and light sound design.

"An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood." —Joyce Carol Oates

It starts with an itch.

In homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.

Tired. Blank. Restless.

Drawn to the Pacific Ocean like it’s calling them home. They abandon their lives—jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever.

At the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable.

Aimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper—known for leading infected women West.

Teenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper’s van.

And Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her.

Each on the edge of transformation. Drawn toward the unknown. In search of a way forward.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press

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Dear Listener,

How does my debut shine in audio?
"While I was writing Westward Women, I realized that the story only worked when told through the perspectives of multiple people, a chorus of voices who could articulate the common yet extraordinary experience of what it means to be a woman in the world. Thanks to the incredible talents of Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Mia Wurgaft, and Saskia Maarleveld, that chorus of women can finally come to life. Together, these stunning performers capture the yearning, the fear, and the determination of the three characters who inspired me to write this novel. I hope they inspire you, too."– Alice Martin, author of Westward Women
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Suspenseful and well acted road trip adventure. This book would make a great movie or limited series.

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The plot (plots?) was all over the place and honestly felt like the author decided on another story entirely a quarter of the way through. The ending seemed very contrived and like it was trying to be like The Handmaid’s Tale. Disappointing.

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