Blue Ticket
A Novel
by Sophie Mackintosh
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Pub Date Jun 30 2020 | Archive Date Jul 17 2020
Penguin Random House Canada | Hamish Hamilton
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Description
From the author of the Booker Prize-longlisted novel The Water Cure comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, don't underestimate the relief of a decision being taken away from you.
Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one?
When Calla, a blue ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. But her survival will be dependent on the very qualities the lottery has taught her to question in herself and on the other women the system has pitted against her. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself and what that might mean for her child.
An urgent inquiry into free will, social expectation, and the fraught space of motherhood, Blue Ticket is electrifying in its raw evocation and desire and riveting in its undeniable familiarity.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780735239166 |
| PRICE | CA$24.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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Featured Reviews
Graisi O, Media/Journalist
Thank you Netgalley, Sophie Mackintosh, and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC.
I always want to start with something nice about any book I have agreed to review. Some of the prose in this book was interesting. The author is not without talent.
However, I usually try to read more then 10% of a book before I review it, but I couldn't bring myself to do it this time. This month, while everyone in the world is confused or scared about Covid 19, is not a good month to be releasing something so dreary. I realize, however, that release dates for books are set ahead of time, and this could not be avoided.
It may be that this type of story is too nihilistic for my taste anymore. From what I could gather, this book is for people who enjoy a sparse prose, and who have been used and abused and haven't yet healed. This might help people to not feel so alone, though on the other hand it is very dark and might encourage wallowing. According to some of the other reviews, no light is ever injected into the story.
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