Blue ticket : a novel / Sophie Mackintosh.
"Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you children. A blue ticket grants you freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And, once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? Blue Ticket is a devastating enquiry into free will and the fraught space of motherhood. Bold and chilling, it pushes beneath the skin of female identity and patriarchal violence, to the point where human longing meets our animal bodies."--Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385545631
- ISBN: 0385545630
- Physical Description: 279 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin General, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2020" -- Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Lottery -- Home -- Road -- Cabin -- Beach -- Border -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Women > Identity > Fiction. Motherhood > Fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. Dystopian fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | MACKINTOSH, SOPHIE (Text) | 34455006702555 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009299810 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | MACKINTOSH (Text) | 31901004439636 | Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror | Available | - |
Summary:
"Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you children. A blue ticket grants you freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And, once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one? Blue Ticket is a devastating enquiry into free will and the fraught space of motherhood. Bold and chilling, it pushes beneath the skin of female identity and patriarchal violence, to the point where human longing meets our animal bodies."--Publisher.