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The Virtue Season
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| Author | LM Nathan |
|---|---|
| Release Date | July 4, 2024 |
| Genre | YA – Dystopian, YA – Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Description
The world didn’t end all at once but drip by drip…
Manon Pawlak has just turned eighteen – a debutant at the start of The Virtue Season: a process which will result in a match with a suitable genetic mate.
Her best friend, Agatha, has been decommissioned. Her seizures mean that she has been branded with a scar on the crest of her cheek which will forever sit at the corner of her vision, colouring the world in shades of mauve.
This is the story of their ritual year. And the Council is watching…
- Bridgerton meets The Hunger Games with shades of The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984
- As romantic as it is sinister and completely unputdownable
- This is L.M. Nathan’s debut YA, almost 10 years in the making and inspired by the countryside of rural Lancashire
- Featuring the ever-popular BookTok tropes of #forbiddenromance, #friendstolovers and #forcedproximity
- Featuring topical themes, including a woman’s right to choose, a woman’s right to her own body, totalitarianism and how true love endures in even the darkest of places
About the Author
L.M.
Nathan grew up in the East Midlands. She studied English and Drama in Bristol and then moved to Malta where she completed an MA in Literature. She also has an MA in Journalism which she studied for in Manchester. She now lives in Lancashire, in the shadow of Pendle Hill.
Her first novel, the YA dystopia THE VIRTUE SEASON, is inspired by the landscape of home, and was completed in 2021 when she was selected to be part of the Curtis Brown Creative novel course.
It is due to be published by Scholastic July 4th, 2024.
She is represented by Curtis Brown.
