*Women Talking* by Miriam Toews, Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House

“The crimes uncovered in this novel are simply unspeakable.” —Ron Charles (Chief Book Critic, *The Washington Post*)

Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote and isolated region of Bolivia, hundreds of women and girls woke up in the morning to find their clothes torn, their bodies bruised, bleeding, and covered in semen, with no memory of what had happened. The rapes they suffered were attributed to ghosts and Satan. The victims' voices were dismissed as "wanton female fantasies."

*Women Talking* is based on these true events, centering on a secret meeting of eight women. To protect themselves and their daughters from further harm, the women must make a life-altering decision within forty-eight hours: stay in the only place they've ever known, or escape to the unknown outside world?

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⭐The original novel behind the Academy Award-nominated Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay! Purchased and produced by, and starring, Frances McDormand, lead actress in *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* and *Olive Kitteridge*.

⭐Margaret Atwood raved: "Based on true events, this is a must-read! It's practically a real-life version of *The Handmaid's Tale*." Inspired by the "Bolivian ghost rape cases," the novel responds to true events with a fictionalized account of conversations.

⭐If women don't speak out, the devil will stay here forever. In a culture rife with male violence, how can women create a better world for themselves and their loved ones?

⭐A phenomenal novel in Europe and America, a "Book of the Year" selection by over 30 global media outlets including *The New York Times*, *The Guardian*, *The Washington Post*, *TIME*, *Publishers Weekly*, NPR, CBC, Kirkus Reviews, Goodreads, Lithub, and more. It has consistently remained on national bestseller lists in Canada and the United States.

⭐Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, Canada's highest literary honor; longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction.