Julia

An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwells 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smithslover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman. Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Its 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwells1984.Julia has known no other world than that of Oceania and, until she meets Winston Smith, never imagined one. Shes an ideal citizen of Oceania. Cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics, she routinely breaks the rules but also collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes Julia. But when one day, finding herself walking toward Winston in a corridor, she impulsively hands him a notea potentially suicidal gestureshe comes to realize that shes losing her grip and can no longer safely navigate her world.The passing of that note sets into motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story.Juliatakes us on a surprising journey as seen through the eyes of an indestructible young woman trying to survive in Orwells now-iconic dystopian world, while laying bare our own world in bold and proactive ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.