![]() ![]() Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markings-the freckles, moles, and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around her-and with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. A piercing indictment of rape culture, it is an inventive and urgent read about what happens when women are objectified and stripped of choice-and what happens when they fight back.Ĭeleste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Perfect for fans of Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks and Naomi Alderman’s The Power, Body of Stars is a unique and timely exploration of girlhood, womanhood, and toxic masculinity. Body of Stars: A Novel by Laura Maylene WalterīODY OF STARS has recently appeared on most anticipated lists from The Millions, The Rumpus, and i09!įrom debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, a bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world very similar to our own-except that the markings on women’s bodies reveal the future ![]()
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