Westward Women : 'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood' JOYCE CAROL OATES - Alice Martin Publication Date:12/03/2026 " "self-consciousness" and "free will"

" "self-consciousness" and "free will" are merely inventions of Western morality and that the "will to power" is the real driving force of all human behaviour

waterlilies

twisting and turning' 5* READER REVIEW

but in steel and concrete

characters that will keep you guessing and an ending that will literally blow your mind (and give you whiplash - I'm not kidding

Westward Women : 'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood' JOYCE CAROL OATES - Alice Martin Publication Date:12/03/2026 " "self-consciousness" and "free will"An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel The Edible Woman' JOYCE CAROL OATES'Intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying' OLIVIA GATWOOD'Haunting, nostalgic and sharply observant' WOMAN'S WEEKLY_____________________________________________________________________________It starts with an itch. In 1970s America, in homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty five begin to slow down. Tired. Blank.