The women return from the Grace Year, that is if they return, they are Return meek and quieter and ready to marry the person who has chosen them. Wilds surrounding them during their “Grace Year” The girls are expected to So these girls on the verge of becoming women can release their magic into the
Grace Year” is not negotiable you have to go! The reason for the banishment is This year away is referred to as The Grace Year. Village settlements and are escorted to a special fenced of place a few daysĪway.
So, all sixteen year old females are cast out of their The men believe all women areīorn with inner magic, that rises and becomes more powerful around their Is doled out as thought necessary by the men. WomenĪre there to serve their husbands every need and to accept any punishment that Society in this book is definitely run by the males, their word is law. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for their chance to grab one of the girls in order to make their fortune on the black market. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life-a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. But not all of them will make it home alive. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage.
They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. Girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, drive women mad with jealousy.
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