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Jennie melamed5/10/2023 ![]() Overall, I can’t really say I enjoyed reading this book, and I did skim through some of the middle. I also wish the ending was more radical and made more of an impact. While Melamed’s descriptions and writing are good, the book was slow-paced. This was a haunting and brutal book to read. ![]() Caitlin is eager for knowledge and is allowed to read books from the wastelands Janey, at seventeen, has been starving herself for years in order to prevent her period from coming. In Janes world, the country has been devastated into a wasteland where men rule and women train to. Their lives are very similar and overlap. Jane Solomon, in Gather The Daughters by Jennie Melamed, champions her own insurrection, too. ![]() The book tells the story of multiple girls. The rest of the world is post-apocalyptic, and is simply called “the wastelands.” Fathers are encouraged to groom their daughters from a young age, but are supposed to stop once the girls hit puberty. But when the girls start their periods, they are considered to be women, and must marry and have children as fast as possible. ![]() In Gather the Daughters, a group of people live on an island, where very summer, the children run free. The book focuses on very dark, heavy themes, including pedophilia, child marriage, and incest. Sep 3 Q & A with Jennie Melamed, Author of Gather The Daughters Stacey Armand We had a great month this month with our Salt Water Reads bookclub pick, Gather The Daughters by Jennie Melamed. Here are some words to describe Gather the Daughters : disturbing, haunting, cultish. ![]()
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