It’s her one chance to save herself, save her daughter and change the future from silencing them permanently. Meanwhile, her six-year-old daughter has become so indoctrinated that she celebrates when she’s been silent all day-an incentive for a school contest.īut Jean soon finds herself with the opportunity to do something, to change the game before worse things reign down upon them. She watches her son entrench himself with those who hold power, doing his part to ensure women are relegated to the roles in which they belong. This life seemed impossible to imagine for Jean, who was once a well-known neurolinguist. We’ve turned into necessary evils, objects to be fucked and not heard.” “They won’t kill us for the same reason they won’t sanction abortions. Jean McClellan are deprived of their voice, confined to serve the home and their men. Little girls, mothers, professionals like Dr. In the world where the Purist movement prevails, it’s men that hold the power. Not only are women silenced however, they are also not able to hold jobs, read books, use technology, receive mail. Vox Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. They are forced to wear counters which tally each word spoken with its limit marked at 100-any word beyond that, the bands deliver intensifying, crippling electrocutions. With her electrifying, provocative debut VOX, Christina Dalcher draws us into a terrifying not-too-distant future where women are prohibited from speaking more than 100 words a day.
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