 First edition hardcover of Outlawed by Anna North | |
| Author | Anna North |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 261 |
| ISBN | 978-1-63557-542-2 |
| OCLC | 1151062688 |
| 813/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3614.O774 O88 2021 |
Outlawed is a 2021 feminist western novel by American writer Anna North.
The novel takes place in an alternate timeline where the United States experienced a devastating flu pandemic in the 1830s. [1] Among other implications, this pandemic resulted in strict fertility laws.
The main character, Ada, is a teenager who gets married young but is unable to conceive a child. After she is forced to leave her hometown and family, she is faced with what to do next. She joins a convent and later a gang of other people who experienced infertility, homophobia, and transphobia.
The book has themes of infertility, mental health, feminism, queerness, gender, sexuality, adventure, and healthcare. The book bridges many genres including western, historical, alternate history, feminist, LGBT+, and dystopian literature.
Outlawed is North's second novel North read books such as Nell Painter's Exodusters to better understand the real-world history of the West before writing the novel. [1]
The novel received mostly positive reviews. [2] [3] Maureen Corrigan, writing for NPR, praised the book as a "[...] smart adventure tale". [2] Kirkus Reviews gave credit to the novel for "[...earning] its place in the growing canon of fiction that subverts the Western genre [...]". [4] It was also a New York Times best seller.
On January 26, 2021, it was announced that Outlawed would be adapted for television by A24 and Amy Adams' Bond Group Entertainment. [5] [6] [7]
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