XX: Winner of the Polari First Book Prize 2019

by Angela Chadwick

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WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2019

FEATURED ON THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018


'One of the feminist novels of 2018' Stylist

'Handmaid's Tale-shaped hole in your life? Read XX' The Times

'A pacy dystopian thriller' Red Magazine

'A phenomenal debut' Skinny

'Emotionally compelling' Lauren Wilkinson


HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A CHILD OF YOUR OWN?

When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history.

Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play?

In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie's pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they're forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart...

  • ISBN10 0349700249
  • ISBN13 9780349700243
  • Publish Date 4 October 2018
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 27 April 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Dialogue Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English