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This is a dystopian story unlike any other I have read before. 

It was an uncomfortable read and the main characters conveyed a painful level of trauma endured at the hands of their parents. That aspect of being completely at another person's mercy and the fact that the three sisters were trapped by an arbitrary set of rules and confined within a claustrophobic setting was rendered powerfully and I thought the language was perfectly nuanced and gripping throughout! 

Otherworldly, haunting and unsparing.

Past and future crash together in this unique sci-fi vision of two eras (the early 19th century and 1976) where a young woman and her husband try to survive and shape the history during the height of slavery in America (they are transported back in time) the best they can while their future depends on keeping one man alive in the past to secure they will ever have a chance to live. It's often stomach-churning, heart-breaking and intense but also written with skilled fluidity and compelling as the main character struggles with a task she hasn't asked for. Highly recommended because it is thought-provoking and cleverly crafted throughout!