Femlandia

TitleFemlandia
Year for Search2021
AuthorsDalcher, Christina [Villafãna]
Pagination320 pp.
Date Published2022
PublisherBerkley/Penguin Random House
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number978-0-593-20110-7
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

In 2022 the U.S. economy completely collapses, and when a man leaves his wife and child with nothing, the woman chooses to join Femlandia, a “womyn’s commune” founded by her mother, which the daughter loves but the woman regards warily. The novel follows their experiences in the community, which ultimately changes its name to Landia to the death of the daughter at 103 in 2098.

Author Note

The female author holds a doctorate in linguistics from Georgetown University and used the surname Villafaña Dalcher on her professional publications, the most recent of which is from 2011.

Full Text

2021 Dalcher, Christina [Villafãna]. Femlandia. New York: Berkley/Penguin Random House. 320 pp.

In 2022 the U.S. economy completely collapses, and when a man leaves his wife and child with nothing, the woman chooses to join Femlandia, a “womyn’s commune” founded by her mother, which the daughter loves but the woman regards warily. The novel follows their experiences in the community, which ultimately changes its name to Landia to the death of the daughter at 103 in 2098. The female author holds a doctorate in linguistics from Georgetown University and used the surname Villafaña Dalcher on her professional publications, the most recent of which is from 2011.