![]() I’m also hopeful readers will come away looking at language differently. But I hope people also see this as a tale about oppression, about the horrors that can occur when a faction-any faction-with a specific agenda becomes so powerful it’s unstoppable. What do you hope readers will take away from this book?Ī lot of readers are probably going to think of VOX as a feminist story. The Big Thrill caught up to award-winning author Christina Dalcher and had a chance to discuss her thriller, VOX: ![]() Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard.įor herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Jean McClellan is in denial-this can’t happen here. On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, Dr. Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. ![]()
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