{"product_id":"when-women-were-dragons","title":"When Women Were Dragons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the first adult novel by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ogress and The Orphans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their path; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex’s beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn’t know. It’s taboo to speak of.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever; an absentee father; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and \u003cbr\u003ewatching her beloved cousin Bea become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this timely and timeless speculative novel, award-winning author Kelly Barnhill boldly explores rage, memory, and the tyranny of forced limitations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhen Women Were Dragons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exposes a world that wants to keep women small—their lives and their prospects—and examines what happens when they rise en masse and take up the space they deserve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelly Barnhill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46313408757954,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/8002\/4002\/files\/914RoePuYvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1765559509","url":"https:\/\/frictionbooks.com\/products\/when-women-were-dragons","provider":"Friction Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}