I Who Have Never Known Men
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I Who Have Never Known Men
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Sarah Lambie
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.
Deep underground, 39 women are kept in isolation in a cage. Aboveground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?
Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the 40th prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner.
Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them aboveground. The woman who will never know men.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-12-23
Great for book club but brace for a hangover
Went through this very quickly! Couldn't start anything else for a while after as the mysterious side of this story, the unanswered questions had me going over and over the details for a week with what I've heard people call a 'book hangover'. It came highly recommended and I can see why.
Trying to imagine this life, how you would act and react in the same setting that no human has found themselves in before...it made for a great choice for our book club!
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- Viktorija
- 06-02-25
Haunting
This book is so chilling and so haunting. You have no idea what's going on or what's going to happen and how the plot will turn. It consistently keeps you on the edge.
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- Owen Morgan
- 07-05-25
Wonderful read
Captivating and unique story! Throughly and interesting - really surprised me in a wonderful way . Cant recommend highly enough
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- SJB
- 07-06-23
Strangely powerful
This book had an unsatisfactory ending (I was longing for an epilogue to answer all the questions) but despite this, it was very impactful. The sense of hopeless loneliness in the last quarter of the book was so palpable that I almost felt panicked by it. The narration was superb.
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- Jade Pett
- 29-01-23
Wow
I’m so glad I read this! It’s so thought provoking and moving. A must read.
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- Jacob Holder
- 24-02-25
Interesting premise with excellent voice
Great vocal performance, would highly recommend for that alone. The story itself felt a little flat - unanswered questions and a meandering storyline made sense for the main character, and I did like it, but overall it felt like it was missing a point/question/idea to answer.
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- Mscellany25
- 14-02-25
extraordinary
This is the most extraordinary book. beautifully written, beautifully read. I doubt I have ever read a similar book, nor one that I am sure will stay with me as this one surely will. Im gobsmacked, I honestly do not have the language to express how genuinely moved I am. It might be on the science fiction shelves but perhaps belongs under philosophy and humanities. Its magnificent, profoundly moving.
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- Han542
- 24-01-24
Life-changing. An absolute must read. Skip the intro!
What can I say about this book: I will never stop thinking about it. Haunting, dystopian, bleak, thought-provoking - and an incredible performance by the narrator. Would not hesitate to recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-04-24
I well told story
You might not get the answers as to why this happened but by the end you realise that’s not the point also loved the narrator highly recommended
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- Anonymous User
- 10-03-24
Powerful in its desolate beauty
Extraordinary writing and wonderfully performed, this book is thought provoking in its desolation and its beauty. Powerful reflections on what it is to be human, what it is to be alive, what it is to take control of one’s life.
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