01937cam a2200445 i 4500 364909585 TxAuBib 20181204120000.0 170116t20172016||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017936787 9780316547611 0316547611 9780316547611 99975059974 (OCoLC)968317646 TxAuBib rda Alderman, Naomi,. The power : a novel / Naomi Alderman. First North American edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017] ©2016. 386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, October 2016." -- Title page verso. When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death. A rich Nigerian boy; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. When a vital new force takes root and flourishes, their lives converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes. 20181204. Text in English. Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction winner. Women Fiction. Teenage girls Fiction. Muscle strength Women Fiction. Sex role Fiction. Social role Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. Bildungsromans.