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The bestsellers category features both fantastic fiction and nonfiction books, including new york times best sellers, usa today best selling books, and more. Jul 25, 2017 gather the daughters is told through the stories of the daughters themselves, and most of the book focuses primarily on four girls. Gather the daughters is a feminist dystopia that is a compulsive read. Daughters takes place on an island off the coast of a ruined civilization. The premise was interesting but it never quite reached its full potential. About the author jennie melamed is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in working with traumatized children. Has anyone read gather the daughters by jennie melamed. I am so excited to talk about gather the daughters by jennie melamed. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed, paperback barnes. Within the pages of this hauntingly compelling debut. It would be nice if you recommend books that are translated to either of these languages. Gather the daughters is told from the point of view of several girls living on an island in what can only be described as a cult.

Looking for books with a cult feel to it kinda like gather the daughters. The control of a cult and the dominance of a belief, that is grounded in one mans insane notion, is not a. Its a book thats unnerving and hard to pin down, but one that feels relevant right now a gripping cross between the handmaids tale and lord of the flies, but with elements of the paranoia of the hunger games too. Find books like gather the daughters from the worlds largest community of readers. I have had a copy of this novel for some time now, but for some reason the subject matter kept me from picking it up. Its gritty and takes a lot of bravery to read, and i cant even imagine the bravery it took to write it. I was so excited with how the storyline was unfolding, i was rooting for the girls, and right as it seemed we would get an explanation. Lyrical and ferocious, jennie melameds gather the daughters follows the young daughters of an isolated society who start to question the truths of their world. Gather the daughters is a novel that is quite chilling. It tackles major topics like abuse, politics, leadership and gender roles. Th is book can not be compared to any book ive read before.

I would like to thank headline for providing me with an advanced reading copy of this book. Gather the daughters is an unflinching portrayal of a society that is cruel and barbaric, where the female is born into servitude to men and where the laws of the land are absolute. Its a society in which men reign supreme, breeding is controlled, and knowledge of the outside world is kept to a minimum. Im about a third of the way through and not sure i have the stomach for it.

Im a huge fan of dystopia and cult narratives so this is right in my wheelhouse. Gather the daughters is a book that was both disturbing and compelling at the same time. From writers like george orwell and octavia butler whose works prefigure atwoods to brand new dystopias like gather the daughters and vox, we recommend 10 brilliant books for atwood fans. Im praying for an uprising of the girls but fear the end is going to be just as disturbing as the rest. Oct, 2017 gather the daughters by jennie melamed 341 pp. Never let me go meets the giver in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems. Jennie melameds debut novel gather the daughters explores the tensions within a small islandbased rural community in which traditional gender roles hold sway. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed debut publisher. Clarke award years ago, just before the country was incinerated. Jul 26, 2017 jennie melameds debut novel gather the daughters explores the tensions within a small islandbased rural community in which traditional gender roles hold sway. She cant see the point of the repetitiveness of it all, people living to create more people and then dying when. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The novel raises, for this reader, images of warm sand turned to cold sand.

Easy prompts allow them to share favorites, wishes, pet peeves, much more. Gather the daughters is a dystopian fiction about recovering from abuse the michigan daily gather the daughters is a gorgeous dystopian debut novel signature reads 8 books you may have missed this summer but still have time to read realsimple the best new books to read this month best book club picks for june 2017. However, there is female rebellion, especially in the young realizing that they are about to become adults and responsible for propagating the culture. The subject matter made for very uncomfortable reading, yet i became invested in these girls and i was hoping for a better life for them, a future without fear and pain. Just published by tinder press, it is described as dark and energetic, compulsively readable. Gather the daughters is told through the stories of the daughters themselves, and most of the book focuses primarily on four girls. Im posting my indispensable book lists here although they are in other posts so that you have them in one place to access easily. Gather the daug hters by jennie melamed this was the august selection for instagrams salt water reads book club.

Im praying for an uprising of the girls but fear the end is going to be just as disturbing as the rest of the book. Jul 25, 2017 a new and horrifying world gather the daughters would not be the stunning book that it is without the bucolic, yet horrific society created by jennie melamed. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed this was the august selection for instagrams salt water reads book club. You would truly make my day if you could suggest me something. It turned out to be one of my favorite books thus far in 2017. Indispensable book lists like mother like daughter. This is not a book that you would enjoy reading, but one that would give you nightmares. Gather the daughters does feature themes of incest and abuse of children. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. These novels, by some of the most celebrated of contemporary writers, explore the complex and compelling bonds between mothers and daughters.

Trying urgently now to unravel the mysteries of the island and what lies beyond, before her own demise, she attempts to lead an uprising of the girls that may be their undoing. This isnt a book ive heard of, but it sounds like one i should certainly read. It didnt have the impact that it should have considering the subject ma. Books focused on teenagers in the ya genre are often inspired by comingofage stories about first encounters with lifes biggest issues, whether its love, friendship, school, or any other first. Jun 03, 2017 sometimes, a book seems to just capture the mood and gather the daughters feels like one of those books. Jennie melamed on a small isolated island, theres a community that lives by its own rules. This appealing journal lets mothers and daughters spend time together, get to know each other better, and have fun, too. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed a book that makes you restless. Gather the daughters ebook epubpdfprcmobiazw3 download.

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting. Founded by the ancestors on an island off the coast of the wastelands, their followers live by a strict set of rules that most follow blindly. Jul 14, 2017 this is not a book that you would enjoy reading, but one that would give you nightmares. Heres my top 5 dystopia if you wanna have a general idea of my likings. Goodreads members who liked gather the daughters also liked. Introducing the definitive list of the best books of 2019, including novels, memoirs, nonfiction books, thrillers, and historical fiction. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed a book that makes.

If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. In a dystopian world, daughters of a cult finally rebel against the strict rules and controlled breeding programs laid down by the ancestors. Gather the daughters travels in a straight line through atwoods the handmaids tale and jacksons the lottery, taking note of elements with a magpies eye as it proceeds. Looking for books with a cult feel to it kinda like gather. But as a mother to a daughter, i feel like our relationship has so many layers and nuances that its easy for it to falter. The latest, troubling chapter in feminist dystopian fiction. I applaud the dark, sinister world that melamed has created in her debut. Incest, rape and a rotten world for young girls and women is whats at the heart of this book. Gather the daughters tells the story of an endoftheworld cult founded years ago when ten men colonised an island. These 17 books can help ease those pains of a motherdaughter. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Gather the daughters falls into the dystopian genre and the blurb gives enough information to outline the story. I like horror books, horror movies, grimdark novels, all things dark and twisted.

I typically dont like to read darker books during the summer. However there is something about a gripping dystopian book which makes you ask those questions. For inspiration and the list, embedded within, read this delightful essay by thomas more college president william edmund fahey. Summers full of youthful abandon followed by lives of obedience and oppression. Lyrical and ferocious, jennie melameds gather the daug hters follows the young daughters of an isolated society who start to question the truths of their world. Seattle writer jennie melameds debut novel, gather the daughters, is an unrelentingly bleak story about a. Like a nightmare you cant shake after you wake up, the book gets into your mind and lingers long after you finish the tale. Aug 12, 2017 gather the daughters is published by tinder. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books. Gather the daughters was a middle of the road read for me. Gather the daughters is a haunting tale of a society where women are controlled but children are free, and a young woman on the cusp of that transition discovers something that pulls her ideological foundations out from under her. The daughters of this island would haunt me for a very long time.

Thank you so much for wanting your daughter to be a strong independent individual. Books similar to gather the daughters gather the daughters. Gather the daug hters is told through the stories of the daughters themselves, and most of the book focuses primarily on four girls. Boys grow up knowing they will one day reign inside and outside the home, while girls know they will be married and. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. Compare family memories, plan the perfect trip, dream about the future, tell each other a story, plan time together, and record what you did. Melamed paints the joys and anxieties of girlhood with visceral force as the puzzle deepens and consequences multiply. Jennie malameds gather the daughters, is a dystopian, handmaidens talelike novel of control, conformity and collusion. Jun 02, 2017 few relationships are more complicated than the relationship between mother and daughter. A guardian best book of the year a booklist best book of the year a new york magazine best book of the month a real simple best book of the month people magazines book of the week shortlisted for the arthur c.

Sometimes, a book seems to just capture the mood and gather the daughters feels like one of those books. Jul 29, 2017 gather the daughters is a feminist dystopia that is a compulsive read. Vanessa is the daughter of one of the wanderers, the men who enforce the rules and occasionally journey to the wasteland by a ferry to gather goods. Fictiongather the daughters jennie melamed the bookish.

What it doesnt say is that the book is disturbing on so many levels. Gather the daughters is the debut novel from jennie melamed. Its a book thats unnerving and hard to pin down, but one that feels relevant right now a gripping cross between the handmaids tale and lord of the flies, but with elements of the paranoia of. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Gather the daughters by jennie melamed kaitlyn reads. Im still glad i read gather the daughters and i found it very thought provoking, but i was just left feeling meh. In gather the daughters, girls and women face a world that is brutal, insidious, and unjustand yet, hope and resilience persist. Its perhaps not for the faint of heart, but will definitely appeal to fans of engrossing dystopian fiction that. Jul 25, 2017 gather the daughters is released today and believe me, you simply must get your hands on it because the narrative and indeed, the world that jennie melamed has created is truly stunning and you wont regret a second you spend reading it.