{"product_id":"womb-city-paperback","title":"Womb City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTlotlo Tsamaase\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ewith \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman's right to her own body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah's perfect life is precarious. After a drug-fueled evening culminates in an eerie car accident, Nelah commits a desperate crime and buries the body, daring to hope that she can keep one last secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth claws its way into Nelah's life from the grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the ghost of her victim viciously hunts down the people Nelah holds dear, she is thrust into a race against the clock: in order to save any of her remaining loved ones, Nelah must unravel the political conspiracy her victim was on the verge of exposing--or risk losing everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a cruel futuristic surveillance state where bodies are a government-issued resource, this harrowing story is a twisty, nail-biting commentary on power, monstrosity, and bodily autonomy. In sickeningly evocative prose, \u003ci\u003eWomb City \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates how patriarchy pits women against each other as unwitting collaborators in their own oppression. In this devastatingly timely debut novel, acclaimed short fiction writer Tlotlo Tsamaase brings a searing intelligence and Botswana's cultural sensibility to the question: just how far must a woman go to bring the whole system crashing down?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTlotlo Tsamaase\u003c\/b\u003e (pronounced \"toe-toe SA-mah-AYE-say\") is a Nommo Award-winning Motswana author. Longlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWomb City, \u003c\/i\u003eis an Ignyte, Nommo, and Locus Award finalist. Her novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Wilting Skin \u003c\/i\u003eis a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and her short fiction has appeared in multiple best-of anthologies, \u003ci\u003eAfrica Risen, New Suns 2, Chiral Mad 5, \u003c\/i\u003e and other venues. She received support from the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Originally from Botswana, she now lives in Nebraska and can be found online at tlotlotsamaase.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377154769074,"sku":"9781645661016","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/gPpKdqfLpt9781645661016.webp?v=1782735164","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/womb-city-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}