The Power

The Power by Naomi Alderman
Format: Book
Who’s it For: Adults

Think of what the world would be like if suddenly women acquired the power to shoot electricity out of their hands? If we assume that the patriarchal power structures almost every Earthly society is based on, some more harshly than others, is fundamentally rooted in the fact men are physically stronger than women, and then that fact was just no longer true, what would be the fall out as power – literally and figuratively – transfers to women? The Power by Naomi Alderman speculates this very event from the perspectives of the daughter of British gangster, a young woman who becomes the center of a new religious movement, an ambitious female politician, and a male journalist who seeks to record the fall and rise of regimes in the changing times as everyone adjusts to the new world order. It’s a fascinating think piece that is hard to put down. It was named one of the 10 best books by The New York Times Book Review in 2017, it was one of President Obama’s favorite reads of 2017, and Margaret Atwood has said it “will knock your socks off!” Find it in the catalog