Westward Women: 'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwoo

Westward Women is a compelling work of fiction that explores a strange phenomenon in 1973. A mysterious infection drives 700,000 women across the United States to migrate toward the Pacific Ocean. These missing women, known as the westward women, leave behind a bewildered public and a country searching for answers about the cause and purpose of their journey.

This first volume follows three distinct perspectives caught in the crisis. Aimee searches for an infected childhood friend while hearing the voices of other migrants. Eve, an ambitious journalist, pursues a story about a man collecting these women. Meanwhile, sixteen-year-old Teenie travels with a mysterious figure called the Piper. Martin Alice weaves these narratives together to examine grief and ambition within this hauntingly imaginative setting.