The Testament of Jessie Lamb

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

By Jane Rogers
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“Jane Rogers has captured Jessie’s voice brilliantly, alternating a teenager’s solipsism with a growing awareness of the wider world. Jessie’s self-conviction is both admirable and infuriating, and the reader is torn between her clear, unequivocal conclusions and the intricate, heartfelt compromises of her parents.”

Times Literary Supplement (London)

A rogue virus that kills pregnant women has been let loose in the world, and nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake.

Some blame the scientists, others see the hand of God, and still others claim that humanity is reaping the punishment it deserves for years of arrogance and destructiveness. Jessie Lamb is an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl living in extraordinary times. As her world collapses, her idealism and courage drive her toward the ultimate act of heroism. Jessie wants her life to make a difference; but is she heroic, or is she, as her scientist father fears, impressionable, innocent, and incapable of understanding where her actions will lead?

Set in a world irreparably altered by an act of biological terrorism, The Testament of Jessie Lamb explores a young woman's struggle for independence. As the certainties of her childhood are ripped apart, Jessie begins to question her parents' attitudes, their behavior, and the very world they have bequeathed her.

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    A story and audiobook to ponder over

    A Man Booker Prize longlisted novel and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, first published in the UK in 2011 and gaining wider release and recognition throughout 2012. The titular “testament” is the date-stamped diary (or journal, if you prefer) of Jessie Lamb, a teenager whose world is in shock, heading toward chaos, when a global pandemic renders all women unable to bear children to term. Hardingham’s innocent yet firm narration is flowing with the emotional textures and undercurrents of Jessie’s young life, making this both a story and audiobook to ponder over.

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