num_pages: 250
description: The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways-farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother.She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.
language: English
title: Brown Girl in the Ring
titlecomplete: Brown Girl in the Ring
genres: Canada, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 6562
places: Toronto, Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Philip K. Dick Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Golden Duck Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best Long-Form Work in English
publisher: Warner Books