{"product_id":"womb-city","title":"Womb City","description":"\u003cp\u003eTsamaase, Tlotlo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman’s right to her own body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe truth claws its way into Nelah’s life from the grave. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46182827360489,"sku":"9781645660569","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781645660569_e03cf.jpg?v=1706052055","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/womb-city","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}