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Beschreibung

Who gets to choose? When a young woman emerges from a lengthy coma-like state she must face the decisions that were made about her body-without her consent-in this powerful novel of reclamation and hope.

Twenty-one-year-old Mallie Williams-scrappy, headstrong, and wise beyond her years-has just landed on her feet following a tumultuous youth when the unthinkable happens: she is violently assaulted. The crime leaves her comatose, surrounded by friends and family who are hoping against hope for a full recovery.

But soon Mallie's small community finds themselves divided. The rape has left Mallie pregnant, and while some friends are convinced that she would never keep the pregnancy, others are sure that a baby would be the only good thing to come out of all of this pain. Who gets to decide? How much power, in the end, do we have over our own bodies? Mallie, her family, and her town find themselves at the center of a media storm, confronting questions nobody should have to face. And when Mallie emerges from the fog, what will she think of the choices that were made on her behalf?

The Opposite of Fate is an intense and moving exploration of the decisions we make-and don't make-that forever change the course of our lives.

Who gets to choose? When a young woman emerges from a lengthy coma-like state she must face the decisions that were made about her body-without her consent-in this powerful novel of reclamation and hope.

Twenty-one-year-old Mallie Williams-scrappy, headstrong, and wise beyond her years-has just landed on her feet following a tumultuous youth when the unthinkable happens: she is violently assaulted. The crime leaves her comatose, surrounded by friends and family who are hoping against hope for a full recovery.

But soon Mallie's small community finds themselves divided. The rape has left Mallie pregnant, and while some friends are convinced that she would never keep the pregnancy, others are sure that a baby would be the only good thing to come out of all of this pain. Who gets to decide? How much power, in the end, do we have over our own bodies? Mallie, her family, and her town find themselves at the center of a media storm, confronting questions nobody should have to face. And when Mallie emerges from the fog, what will she think of the choices that were made on her behalf?

The Opposite of Fate is an intense and moving exploration of the decisions we make-and don't make-that forever change the course of our lives.

Über den Autor
ALISON MCGHEE’s best-selling novel Shadow Baby was a Today Show Book Club pick, and her picture book for adults, Someday, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. She is the recipient of many fellowships and awards, has three grown children, and lives a semi-nomadic life in Minnesota and California.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781328518439
ISBN-10: 1328518434
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: McGhee, Alison
Hersteller: HarperCollins
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 145 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Alison McGhee
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,338 kg
Artikel-ID: 116432250