The Power

<b><b><b>What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?</b></b></b><b><b><b><br></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b>"<i>The Power </i>is our era's <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>." --Ron Charles, <i>Washington Post</i></b></b></b></b></b><b><br></b><b><b>*WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION*</b></b><b><b><br></b></b><b>One of the <i>New York Times's</i> Ten Best Books of the Year</b><b><b>One of President Obama's favorite reads of the Year</b></b><b>A <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Best Book of the Year<br></b><b>One of the <i>Washington Post's</i> Ten Best Books of the Year</b><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of the Year<br></b><b>One of <i>Entertainment Weekly's</i> Ten Best Books of the Year<br></b><b><b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle </i></b><b>B</b><b>est Book of the Year</b></b><b><b></b>A </b><i><b>Bustle </b></i><b>B</b><b>est Book of the Year<br></b><b>A <i>Paste</i> Magazine Best Novel of the Year</b><b><b><b>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editors' Choice</b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b><br></b></b></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b>An Amazon Best Book of the Year<br></b></b></b></b></b><br><b>"Alderman's writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost limitless. She also has a pitch-dark sense of humor that she wields perfectly." --Michael Schaub, NPR</b> <b><b><b><b><br></b></b></b></b>All over the world women and girls are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain, and even death. And with this small twist of nature, everything changes drastically.<br><br>Ambitious and provocative, visceral and page-turning, award-winning author Naomi Alderman's THE POWER at once takes us on a journey to an alternate reality and exposes our own world in bold and surprising ways.