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The Book of Flora

The Road to Nowhere, Book 3

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The Book of Flora

By: Meg Elison
Narrated by: Shakina Nayfack
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In this Philip K. Dick Award-winning series, one woman’s unknowable destiny depends on a bold new step in human evolution.

In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious, coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including the thriving all-female city of Shy.

Now navigating a blighted landscape, Flora, her friends, and a sullen young slave she adopts as her own child leave their oppressive pasts behind to find their place in the world. They seek refuge aboard a ship where gender is fluid, where the dynamic is uneasy, and where rumors flow of a bold new reproductive strategy.

When the promise of a miraculous hope for humanity’s future tears Flora’s makeshift family asunder, she must choose: protect the safe haven she’s built or risk everything to defy oppression, whatever its provenance.

©2019 by Meg Elison. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Action & Adventure Adventure Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Wasn't aware it was a series, but absolutely enjoyed all 3 books. didn't want it to end.

I could picture every word like i was there amongst it!!!!

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I really liked this book. Narration was great. The end arrived too soon again. Hoping there will be another in this series!

Great series, hope this is not the last Book Of

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Such a clever story, an interesting insight into gender and relationship, society and community with twists and turns throughout. Great performance from the narrator. I love the way it highlights the strive to find safety within the world, within oneself, within relationship and community. A brilliant series, I'm sad it's over!
Highly recommend.

Great Book, Great Performance

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Beautifully written final book in the series, I feel the author has achieved something when they leave a reader wondering how the characters are going after finishing the book!

Excellent

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The plot was a bit thin in the ground. And far fetched. I’ll listen to the last book though.

Didn’t enjoy this as much as the last book

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