Westward Women

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For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a breathtaking, prescient novel of speculative fiction set against the backdrop of rural Americana, destined to become an instant classic. "An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood." - Joyce Carol Oates It starts with an itch. In homes all across America, women first feel a burning, itching sensation in their arms. They become tired and sluggish. And then they are compelled to walk West toward the Pacific Ocean. Abandoning their families, jobs, lives, they become shells of their former selves, all while doctors and scientists halfheartedly search for a cure that can't be found. Once they reach their destination, they aren't heard from again. Aimee has just graduated college when her best friend, Ginny, leaves. Ginny was always the daredevil to Aimee's homebody, but now Aimee must decide between maintaining her safe life, or traversing the interstates to find Ginny. As her search leads to whispers of a man called The Piper, ...