Angela Chadwick trained as a journalist and worked as a reporter before becoming a communications manager within higher education. XX is her first novel.
One of the feminist novels of 2018 * Stylist * A pacy dystopian thriller * Red Magazine * Clever and fast paced * Good Housekeeping * Topical, probing and quietly intense - XX is a phenomenal debut * Skinny * Fantastic - completely topical, utterly believable, and that rare thing: an issue-driven book that feels like a story, not an issue * Julie Cohen * This is really, really good! A commercial Handmaid's Tale meets Humans. Timely, current, controversial * Nina Potell, Prima * Can't recommend it enough . . . Exciting and a real breakthrough 'This is politically and ethically engaging, as well as a very personal read. It shows a world that is only a few years away, and it left me with a lot of thoughts about gender and science. Excellent.' * Net Galley User * 'I could not put this down, even when my heart was aching and my pulse was raging.' * Net Galley User * 'Well written, perfectly paced and so timely,. Through excellent character development, Chadwick manages to explore the social, ethical and political questions raised, while still telling what is at its core a beautifully human story.' * Net Galley User * With the pace of a thriller and a sci-fi plot, XX is a cracking high-concept read * Grazia * Fresh, compelling and thought-provoking - I was completely immersed from start to finish -- Francesca Hornak, author of Seven Days of Us This timely novel looks at reproductive rights, politics and parenthood * Stylist (The best LGBTQ+ books to read this Pride) * A page-turningly plausible tale of the first two-ovum baby and the cultural ructions it causes -- Emma Donoghue * Observer *