1lanalacurrie
Okay, I read this book when I was in high school approx 10 years ago. Also, it might actually be two separate books, I am sorry. But basically this girl lives in this village of all women and they have magic power. The men live in a separate village and don't have magic powers and just show up like once a year to make babies and eventually any little boys go to stay with them and the little girls develop magic powers and stay in the village. The main character is of course the odd one out. I think maybe she didn't have magic, or they were thinking she wouldn't? I do not remember what the central conflict of the book was but I do remember that it comes out that the magic person who gave the women magic did not mean for them to straight up not share it with the men and cast them out of the village, it just got interpreted weirdly.
But also, either in this book or maybe its a different book and I read them at the same time and am confused. The main character leaves the village to find another separate village, not a specific one, just looking for more people, following theses trails through the forest, its dangerous in the forests (kind of has The Village vibes, that spooky cult movie), she makes it through the forest to an old house and finds an old scrap book that shows like life "before" (before what idk, I think it was list a post-apocalypse, post-society, thing). Again, could be a different book. Could be the same, not sure.
But also, either in this book or maybe its a different book and I read them at the same time and am confused. The main character leaves the village to find another separate village, not a specific one, just looking for more people, following theses trails through the forest, its dangerous in the forests (kind of has The Village vibes, that spooky cult movie), she makes it through the forest to an old house and finds an old scrap book that shows like life "before" (before what idk, I think it was list a post-apocalypse, post-society, thing). Again, could be a different book. Could be the same, not sure.
2lanalacurrie
I am commenting on this to hopefully bubble it back up. Fingers crossed!
4MadHarry52
Is the first book 'The Gate to Women's Country' by Sheri S Tepper, published 1988? I read the 1993 mass market paperback (see cover).
No magic in it, just science, but the Wikipedia synopsis is pretty accurate: "The story is set in "Women's Country", apparently in the former Pacific Northwest.citation needed They have evolved in the direction of Ecotopia, reverting to a sustainable economy based on small cities and low-tech local agriculture. They have also developed a matriarchy where the women and children live within town walls with a small number of male servitors, and most of the men live outside the town in warrior camps."
I think about this book pretty frequently these days.
No magic in it, just science, but the Wikipedia synopsis is pretty accurate: "The story is set in "Women's Country", apparently in the former Pacific Northwest.citation needed They have evolved in the direction of Ecotopia, reverting to a sustainable economy based on small cities and low-tech local agriculture. They have also developed a matriarchy where the women and children live within town walls with a small number of male servitors, and most of the men live outside the town in warrior camps."
I think about this book pretty frequently these days.
5agirlreadsalot
I think it’s probably The Forest of Hands and Teeth a 3 books series by Carrie Ryan
