Bibliograph

When women were dragons, a novel, Kelly Barnhill

Type

Label

When women were dragons, a novel, Kelly Barnhill

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

When women were dragons

Oclc number

1264275746

Responsibility statement

Kelly Barnhill

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their paths; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's beloved aunt Marla transform but Alex's mother did not? No one knows. It's taboo to speak of it. Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever; an absentee father; their upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and watching her beloved cousin Beatrice become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden

Target audience

adult

Classification