Ursula K. LeGuin's Tehanu
Just imagine a bunch of excited sputtering here, because I LOVED this book. It returns to Tenar, now a farmer's widow with grown children (the book acts like she is middle-aged bordering on elderly, but she’s forty, lol), who’s adopted a badly abused and burned child, when Ged comes back into her life. The story itself is entertaining, it moves quickly, lots of fascinating characters, but what’s REALLY interesting here is the focus on women's feelings, their place in society, their anger. I LOOOOOOOOVE annoyed adult Tenar. I love a fantasy novel so focused on the domestic sphere (and I love how neatly Ged fits into the domestic sphere!). This was GREAT. A.
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Content warning for mentions of rape/abuse.
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