Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Upright Women Wanted

by Sarah Gailey

In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

"That girl's got more wrong notions than a barn owl's got mean looks."

Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda.

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Reviewed by mrs_mander_reads on

4 of 5 stars

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Liked the story overall. I wanted more backstory about how the society got to where it is, but I think that was missing due to it being novella length.

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