The Women Could Fly

<p><b>&quot;Megan Giddings's prose is brimming with wonder. <i>The Women Could Fly</i> is a candid appraisal of grief, inheritance, and the merits of unruliness.&quot; - Raven Leilani</b><br><br><b>Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Deborah Harkness, and Octavia E. Butler, <i>The Women Could Fly </i>is a feminist speculative novel that speaks to our times. A piercing dystopian tale about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her absent mother, set in a world in which magic is real and single women are closely monitored in case they are shown to be witches . . .</b><br><br>Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother&rsquo;s disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge, because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behaviour raises su