In the year of our Lord 1894 I became an outlaw. On the day of her wedding-dance Ada feels
lucky. She loves her broad-shouldered bashful husband and her job as an apprentice midwife.
But her luck will not last. It is every woman's duty to have a child to replace those that
were lost in the Great Flu. And after a year of marriage and no pregnancy in a town where
barren women are hanged as witches Ada's survival depends on leaving behind everything she
knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang. Its leader a charismatic
preacher-turned-robber known to all as The Kid wants to create a safe haven for women outcast
from society. But to make this dream a reality the Gang hatches a treacherous plan. And Ada
must decide whether she's willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future
for them all. 'North is a riveting storyteller . . . Reader you are in for a real treat'
JENNY ZHANG 'Fans of Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy finally get the Western they
deserve' ALEXIS COE 'North's knockout latest chronicles the travails of a midwife's daughter
who joins a group of female and nonbinary outlaws near the end of the 19th century . . .
Impossible to put down' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY 'Calling it The Handmaid's Tale crossed with
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid goes some way to describe this novel's memorable world but
it is also wholly its own' KIRKUS 'A grand unforgettable tale' ESMÉ WEIJUN WANG
