num_pages: 480
description: A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungry presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making an example out of a teenage girl who abandoned her infant in a Dumpster. Taking the girl's case is Carolyn Crespin, a former attorney, who left her job for a quiet family life. Now she must call upon five friends from college, who took a vow to always stand together. But their success might depend on the assistance of Sophy, the enigmatic sixth friend, whom they all believed dead.
language: English
title: Gibbon's Decline and Fall
titlecomplete: Gibbon's Decline and Fall
genres: Magical Realism, Feminism, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 2145
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist
publisher: Spectra