In this ferociously imaginative novel abortion is once again illegal in America in-vitro fertilization is banned and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life liberty and property to every embryo. Five women. One question. What is a woman for? In a small Oregon fishing town five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood identity and freedom. Ro a single high-school teacher is trying to have a baby on her own while also writing a biography of Eivv?r a little-known 19th-century female polar explorer. Susan is a frustrated mother of two trapped in a crumbling marriage. Mattie is the adopted daughter of doting parents and one of Ro s best students who finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn. And Gin is the gifted forest-dwelling herbalist or mender who brings all their fates together when she s arrested and put on trial in a frenzied modern-day witch hunt. Red Clocks is at once a riveting drama whose mysteries unfold with magnetic energy and a shattering novel of ideas. In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Eileen Myles Leni Zumas fearlessly explores the contours of female experience evoking The Handmaid s Tale for a new millennium. This is a story of resilience transformation and hope in tumultuous -- even frightening -- times.