Only men are affected by the virus; only women have the power to save us all.
The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland–a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic–and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien–a women’s world.
What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus’s consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the “male plague;” intelligence analyst Dawn, tasked with helping the government forge a new society; and Elizabeth, one of many scientists desperately working to develop a vaccine. Through these women and others, we see the uncountable ways the absence of men has changed society, from the personal–the loss of husbands and sons–to the political–the changes in the workforce, fertility and the meaning of family.
In The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird creates an unforgettable tale of loss, resilience and hope.
About Author:
Christina Sweeney-Baird was born in 1993 and grew up in North London and Glasgow. She studied Law at the University of Cambridge and graduated with a First in 2015. She works as a corporate litigation lawyer in London. The End of Men is her first novel.
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دنیا به جهنمی مجسم تبدیل شده است. اگر شخص لوسیفر را ببینیم كه از كف خیابان برمیخیزد و تا جلو این پنجره پرواز میكند كه ما را با خودش پایین بكشد تعجب نمیكنم. همهچیز به آتش كشیده شده؛ ماشینهای داخل خیابان، یكی از ساختمانهای روبهرویی. شعلهها از هر طرف ما را محاصره كردهاند…
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کریستینا سوینی-برد در سال ۱۹۹۳ به دنیا آمد و در شمال لندن و گلاسگو بزرگ شد. او در دانشگاه کمبریج در رشته حقوق تحصیل کرد و در سال ۲۰۱۵ با بالاترین نمره فارغالتحصیل شد. او به عنوان وکیل دعاوی تجاری در لندن مشغول به کار است. پایان مردان نخستین رمان اوست.