Summer is seen as a time to read lighthearted, romantic novels or thrillers. But just as some moviegoers seek out serious dramas during the summer special effects blockbuster season, some readers still crave serious fiction with something important to say. The Natural Way of Things fits the bill. Australian novelist Charlotte Wood has written a novel set in the near future that is nevertheless a story of and for these times.

Source: THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS imagines a world in which misogyny is taken to a new extreme