Author: sophiemackintosh

BELLETRIST’S AUGUST 2020 BOOK PICK“[Mackintosh’s] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending…Blue Ticket adds something new to the dystopian tradition set by Orwell’s 1984 or Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.” –New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (“ingenious and … Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (“ingenious and incendiary”–The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you’re given is the wrong one?Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of…

In this “gripping” NPR Best Book of 2019 (Margaret Atwood), three sisters raised in isolation face discord and danger when strangers arrive on their island. “Ingenious and incendiary” (The New Yorker).