Kelly Barnhill's When Women Were Dragons
Barnhill's first adult book is, I think, also the best thing I’ve read by her. It’s set in the 1950s and 60s, primarily focusing on a little girl growing up in a world constrained by the patriarchy—and in a world where thousands of women have transformed into dragons (pleased to report this does explicitly include trans women). Her story (and her family's) is interspersed with the dragon-related writings of a scientist, fighting anti-dragon sentiment. I really liked this. Just really compelling characters (including a bad-ass old lady librarian), great/interesting sister relationships, lots of lesbians, and I loved how it all wrapped up. Just gave me a really warm feeling inside (not a dragon pun). A.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on May 3rd.
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