Our Better Natures

Amid the chaos and political upheaval of 1970s America, three women must accept the world as it is, or act to change it.

Phyllis Patterson is a housewife in White Plains, Illinois. When her son Jimmy returns home from Vietnam with a Korean wife and children, Phyllis's small-town world is upended as she starts to see her herself - her life - through new eyes.

After a long and traumatic absence, Andrea Dworkin arrives back in America to embody a feminist revolution, no matter the personal price.

Muriel Rukeyser is a poet in New York, using her words as weapons and pushing her body to its limits. In this era of political unrest, Muriel's life stands as a testament to the possibility of creative resistance.

A postcard from an imprisoned writer thousands of miles away will unite these women in the fight for a world they believe in.
Full of compassion, imagination and rich storytelling, Our Better Natures is a remarkable novel about power, feminism and freedom.