Nomansland [Paperback]

Sometime in the future, after widespread devastation, a lonely, windswept island in the north is populated solely by women. Among them is a group of teenage Trackers, expert equestrians and archers, whose job is to protect their shores from the enemymen. When these girls find a buried house from the distant past, they're fascinated by the strange objects they findhigh-heel shoes, magazines, makeup. What do these mysterious artifacts mean? What must the past have been like for those people? And what will happen to their rigid, Spartan society if people find out what they've found?

A dystopic novel depicting an all female world that begs the question, would we be better off without men?

LESLEY HAUGEwas born in England and raised in Zimbabwe. She lived in Norway for many years before moving to her current home in Brooklyn, New York.

Vividly imagined. The New York Times Book Review

This postapocalyptic novel will grab you from the first page and hold you long past the last. . . . [Debut author] Lesley Hauge raises provocative questions about the value of beauty, who determines it and the ramifications of absolute authority. Jennifer Brown, Shelf Awareness

InNomanslandby Lesley Hauge, teenage girls protect their makeup-and mirror-free island against the enemy--men (a sequel is already in the works). Publishers Weekly, in a feature on Dystopian Fiction.

Secrets revealed make for a compelling emotional journey. Kirkus Reviews

What Hauge really offers today's readers . . . is the chance to look afresh at the strangeness of contemporary cultural artifacts we take for granted. The Horn Book Magazine

Hauge offers a gripping study of nature versus nurture. Publishers Weekly

I loved this story of discovery, secrets, and rebellion. Nomansland is an extraordinarily gutsy and intelligent read that will keep readers thinking long after theylCŽ