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Book SynopsisImagine a world where women and girls can transform into dragons ... Alex Green is four years old when she first sees a dragon.
Trade Review'Ferociously imagined, incandescent with feeling, this book is urgent and necessary and as exhilarating as a ride on dragonback.' Lev Grossman, author of
The Magicians trilogy
'Completely fierce, unmistakably feminist, and subversively funny,
When Women Were Dragons brings the heat to misogyny with glorious imagination and talon-sharp prose. Check the skies tonight - you might just see your mother.' Bonnie Garmus,
Lessons in Chemistry (major debut publishing April 2022)
In lesser hands the dragon metaphor would feel simplistic and general, but Barnhill uses it to imagine different ways of living, loving, and caring for each other. The result is a complex, heartfelt story about following your heart and opening your mind to new possibilities. This novel's magic goes far beyond the dragons. Starred
Kirkus Review
