The Grace Year

A Novel

De: Kim Liggett

Narrado por: Emily Shaffer

"Emily Shaffer delivers a dynamic performance of this dystopian audiobook.... She masterfully connects listeners to the characters' emotions, creating passionate and realistic performances." (AudioFile Magazine)

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture!

Survive the year.

No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their 16th year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life - a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

Praise for The Grace Year:

"A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner." (Libba Bray, New York Times best-selling author)

"The Grace Year seethes with love and brutality, violence and hope. It is a remarkable and timely story of the bonds between women, the cost of breaking those bonds, and the courage it takes to defy a patriarchy intent on crushing feminine strength." (Sabaa Tahir, number one New York Times best-selling author of An Ember in the Ashes)

"This book is harrowing and absolutely riveting, an insidious journey from reason to madness that manages to completely refresh the concept of the patriarchal dystopia, with a beautifully realized ending that goes to a very different, and even more believable, subtle, and unexpectedly satisfying, place than I expected." (Melissa Albert, New York Times best-selling author of The Hazel Wood)

©2019 Kim Liggett (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

A dystopian melting pot.

This book was a combination of Lord of the Flies, The Handmaids Tale, Hunger Games and The Crucible. The only reason why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because I found myself wanting to skip pieces to get to the end. Some parts are high anxiety and a lot of internal monologue. Overall, great story with an important message for women/girls (even men). The narrator was wonderful at bringing the characters to life. Great audiobook.

Much better than i thought it would be

Much better than i thought it would be and i finished the book in 3 days. Love the interview at the end and really enjoy the story.

Worth every penny/credit Fully Immersed

The characters truly become alive and bring to
Light many things girls today and in all times
Go and have gone through. The society is eerily too close to some of the dystopia we have the n our world recently - and yet reading it brings to mind important historic lessons, what’s real and what’s superstition and what’s plain wrong. It’s also immensely important in teaching how to bring out your grasp of truth- not with fights and blaring loudness but with gentleness and patience. The narrator has theeee perfect voice and telling and the writer grabs you in at every turn, some you see coming and others blow you out of the water!

incredible

the detail, the story, the emotion, SO GOOD. the ending had me in tears, this is my new favorite book.

Beautifully written

This story moved me in ways I did not imagine. Between the beautifully chosen symbolism and the darkly hopeful plot, there was never a moment I was not fully enthralled in the novel. It manages to be completely unique while feeling as if it was written to tell a story every woman knows on some level.

Could not stop listening

This book was like the Handmaids Tale but better! The main character is a strong independent woman. You never know exactly what will happen. I could not stop listening and found myself put it on even if I only had 5 mins. I highly recommend this book.

I couldn’t put it down once I started reading,

I absolutely loved this book, I couldn’t put it down once I started reading it!! It’s nice to be able to read that women are strong and not weak! Thank you very much for writing this amazing book and portraying women as we are STRONG!! I can’t wait until the movie comes out

Wow.

This story blew me away. Completing in just 3 days, I couldn’t stop listening. It’s refreshing to listen to a story that doesn’t give you what you want, but gives you what you need.

I wanted to know every detail as fast as possible, yet still savor every word.

This is the first “book” in a very long time that I couldn’t “put down”. I used to fly through books when I was younger. I clung to every word in this. I hated the unlikable, grunting with disgust at some of the things that happened, and loved the good characters. I cried for the good and the bad, and the ending. Maybe it’s nostalgia for the many books I’ve loved that have pieces in this book, but I couldn’t get enough.

Hooked

I loved this book...I was initially reading it on Kindle and then decided to switch over to audible and the narration is amazing. she understands all the parts of the story and just takes you into it. I really enjoyed this !