In a future matriarchal society, Prittesse loves Edward. But love has been banned from this society, and it's illegal for a female to treat a male as an equal. In fact, it's punishable by death...for the male. Edward's impulse is to run from her, but he's drawn into a scheme to overthrow the entire civilization and restore traditional values.Edward has never met a woman like Prittesse, who is more interested in him as a person than she is in his designated function as a provider of female needs. Up to that time, his life ...
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In a future matriarchal society, Prittesse loves Edward. But love has been banned from this society, and it's illegal for a female to treat a male as an equal. In fact, it's punishable by death...for the male. Edward's impulse is to run from her, but he's drawn into a scheme to overthrow the entire civilization and restore traditional values.Edward has never met a woman like Prittesse, who is more interested in him as a person than she is in his designated function as a provider of female needs. Up to that time, his life had been an endless torment of empty liaisons with women who could kill him without consequence, should he displease them in slightest way. Prittesse starts Edward's rites of passage into manhood; a banished concept that is anathema to their culture. Sleeping in Trees explores the beginnings of romance, in a culture that has outlawed love; manhood, in a civilization that has neutered most of its males; and femininity, in a world of female chauvinism. The story's social commentary edge is sheathed by Edward and Prittesse's perilous escape into the beast-ridden wilderness, pursuing the lost ideal of love.
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