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Rachel's Story - A Gripping Dystopian Saga about the Choices We Make - cover

Rachel's Story - A Gripping Dystopian Saga about the Choices We Make

Leigh Russell

Publisher: Bloodhound Books

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Summary

A girl struggles to survive in a dystopian world destroyed by war, where food is scarce, the government rules, and ordinary people only exist to serve. 
 
As a child, living in a post-apocalyptic world, the only person Rachel can rely on is her mother. But when her mother is killed, Rachel is initiated into The Programme, where selected young girls are medicated to make them fertile. 
 
Fearing for her future, Rachel escapes. But freedom comes at a price and Rachel must navigate through a terrifying landscape of persecution to survive. 
 
What is on the other side of the city wall? Will the repressive government hunt her down? One thing is certain. Rachel’s world will never be the same again . . .  
 
Rachel’s Story is the perfect read for fans of women’s fiction and dystopian novels, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Available since: 04/06/2021.
Print length: 244 pages.

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