03832cam a2200577 4500 2756589166 TxAuBib 20260509120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250241245 1250241243 68c1f161-274f-4944-b5e5-2a906aa7ccde OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4558694 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Liggett, Kim. The Grace Year [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 322MB. young adult fantasy. Science Fiction. made into movie. Film Adaptation. books on tape. gender roles. ya dystopian. audio books. speculative. audiobooks. Thrillers. Adventure. feminism. survival. dystopia. romance‌. romance. sci fi. Horror. Magic. love. HTML:"Emily Shaffer delivers a dynamic performance of this dystopian audiobook... She masterfully connects listeners to the characters' emotions, creating passionate and realistic performances." — AudioFile Magazine This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. Survive the year. No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. It's not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. Praise for The Grace Year: "A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner." – Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author "The Grace Year seethes with love and brutality, violence and hope. It is a remarkable and timely story of the bonds between women, the cost of breaking those bonds, and the courage it takes to defy a patriarchy intent on crushing feminine strength." — Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. 3. 4. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-05-08 20:00:03. Shaffer, Emily. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68C1F161-274F-4944-B5E5-2A906AA7CCDE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) BTCLS