- We
- all
- know
- about
- the
- zombie
- pandemic
- that
- ravaged
- New
- Zealand
- between
- the
- two
- world
- wars,
- but
- little
- has
- been
- written
- about
- how
- the
- zombie
- virus
- affected
- the
- lives
- of
- women,
- especially
- working
- class
- women.
- Stevan
- Eldred-Grigg's
- best
- selling
- novel
- about
- twin
- sisters
- growing
- up
- during
- the
- depression
- has
- been
- updated
- by
- Helen
- Mae
- Innes
- to
- include
- the
- previously
- ignored
- and
- despised
- minority,
- zombies.A
- black
- comedy,
- the
- story
- shows
- us
- how
- the
- sisters,
- their
- sharp
- and
- shrewd
- mother
- and
- many
- other
- women
- struggle
- to
- avoid
- being
- bitten
- by
- biters,
- care
- gingerly
- for
- hunches
- who
- don't
- want
- to
- eat
- their
- brains
- (yet)
- and
- watch
- as
- the
- 'cured'
- lurkers
- start
- to
- take
- their
- jobs.
- Even
- in
- times
- of
- pandemics
- girls
- still
- grow
- up,
- worry
- about
- boys,
- go
- out
- to
- work,
- get
- married
- and
- have
- babies,
- all
- while
- trying
- to
- keep
- their
- brains
- safe
- inside
- their
- skulls.
- At
- the
- beginning
- the
- twins
- are
- small,
- fearful
- and
- helpless.
- By
- the
- end
- of
- the
- story
- they're
- armed
- and
- ready
- to
- go
- after
- the
- enemy.But
- who
- is
- the
- real
- enemy?A
- novel
- about
- survival
- in
- extraordinary
- times,
- Oracles
- and
- Miracles
- and
- Zombies
- is
- an
- inspiration
- to
- women
- of
- all generations.
