The Godmothers

TitleThe Godmothers
Year for Search1982
AuthorsHall, Sandi(b. 1942)
Date Published1982
PublisherThe Women's Press
Place PublishedLondon/New York
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Female author
Annotation

Feminist novel with a stress on struggle but that includes eutopian and dystopian elements. The novel is set on four timelines: the witch-burning past, the present in which a group of feminists are targeted by anti-feminists, a feminist eutopian future which is threatened by those who worship mathematics, and the period of the Godmothers, a period in which the ties among women are affirmed.

Holding Institutions

ATL, M, NZ

Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand female author (b. 1942).

Full Text

1982 Hall, Sandi (b. 1942). The Godmothers. London/New York: The Women’s Press. ATL, M, NZ

Feminist novel with a stress on struggle but that includes eutopian and dystopian elements. The novel is set on four timelines: the witch-burning past, the present in which a group of feminists are targeted by anti-feminists, a feminist eutopian future which is threatened by those who worship mathematics, and the period of the Godmothers, a period in which the ties among women are affirmed. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author.