The Quickening
The thrilling, feminist page-turner from the bestselling author of What You Did
$48.78
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2026
Summary
‘A white-knuckle ride of a thriller … Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible’
Your body. Their Choice.
The Hope Party’s new laws have transformed Great Britain: the countryside rewilded, children’s rights prioritised, and births on the rise. But freedom is fading.
Karen has learned to navigate this new world, keeping her head down as her fertility is constantly monitored. As her husband’s career thrives, while hers stalls. As her son is drawn i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472160409 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472160401 |
| Author: | Claire McGowan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 138mm x 22mm |
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So clever and terrifying and moving and compelling and thought-provoking * Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request *Amazing premise and so well executed … One of my books of the year already * Robyn Delvey, author of The Seven *A white-knuckle ride of a thriller that’s also a study of motherhood, power, cowardice and courage. In every chapter I found myself wondering what I would do in the characters’ shoes and found no easy answers. Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible. * Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key *The not-so-distant future is a terrifyingly plausible place in The Quickening, but Claire McGowan has a gift for finding the grace and humanity in our darkest corners. A supremely good read * Louise Candlish, author of Our House *Relentlessly fast-paced and gripping, The Quickening is a chilling, high-octane blend of The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. I loved it * Mark Edwards, author of The Magpies *A white-knuckle ride of a thriller that’s also a study of motherhood, power, cowardice and courage. In every chapter I found myself wondering what I would do in the characters’ shoes and found no easy answers. Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible. * Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key *Amazing premise and so well executed … One of my books of the year already * Robyn Delvey, author of The Seven *
About The Author
Claire McGowan
Claire McGowan published her first novel in 2012. She has since published numerous other novels in the crime fiction genre, as well as women’s fiction under the pseudonym Eva Woods. She has had three radio plays broadcast on Radio 4. Her thrillers, What You Did and The Other Wife, both reached number one on Kindle in the US and UK.
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