Daughters of the North

In an imagined England where the right to bear a child is decided by a state lottery, a woman who goes by Sister flees a tightening marriage and finds refuge with a loose, defiant community of women on a remote northern farm. The prose is spare and fierce, at once lyrical and unflinching, as it probes bodily autonomy, motherhood, and the brittle systems that claim to order human life. As Sister learns the rhythms, loyalties, and quiet rebellions of her new companions she must decide whether survival means staying hidden or choosing insurgency with all its risks. This is a tender, urgent story about how ordinary people are shaped into radicals and what sustains them when the world is intent on breaking them.

~ Included for its fierce exploration of chosen family, bodily autonomy, and female solidarity that resonates with queer readers seeking stories of resistance and survival ~