Girl One, Sara Flannery Murphy
Girl One, Sara Flannery Murphy
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Girl One
A Novel

Author: Sara Flannery Murphy

Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky

Unabridged: 15 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

Orphan Black meets Margaret Atwood in this twisty supernatural thriller about female power and the bonds of sisterhood

Josephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine “Miracle Babies” conceived without male DNA, raised on an experimental commune known as the Homestead. When a suspicious fire destroys the commune and claims the lives of two of the Homesteaders, the remaining Girls and their Mothers scatter across the United States and lose touch.

Years later, Margaret Morrow goes missing, and Josie sets off on a desperate road trip, tracking down her estranged sisters who seem to hold the keys to her mother’s disappearance. Tracing the clues Margaret left behind, Josie joins forces with the other Girls, facing down those who seek to eradicate their very existence while uncovering secrets about their origins and unlocking devastating abilities they never knew they had.

A spellbinding supernatural thriller, Girl One combines the provocative imagination of Naomi Alderman's The Power with the propulsive, cinematic storytelling of a Marvel movie. In her electrifying new novel, Sara Flannery Murphy digs deep into women’s extraordinary power and reveals an unassailable truth: so much strength lies in numbers.

A Macmillan Audio production from MCD

About Sara Flannery Murphy

Sara Flannery Murphy is the author of the novel The Possessions and Girl One. She grew up in Arkansas, studied library science in British Columbia, and received her MFA in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in Utah with her husband and their two sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on December 23, 2023

My Favorite Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As part of an experiment, 9 women have cloned themselves. These women are known as the mothers (Mother One through Mother Nine) who produced 9 girls (Girl One through Girl Nine). They all live in a home called The Homestead until a devastating fire destroys the build......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on April 03, 2021

Girl One was born in 1971, the first of 9 daughters, conceived without male DNA. She was being raised in an experimental commune called “The Homestead” with her creator, Dr. Joseph Bellanger, and the other mothers and daughters, until a suspicious fire takes two lives, and those remaining scatter acr......more

Goodreads review by Sara on September 02, 2020

Obviously I'm VERY biased here but I love this book deeply, it's been brewing in my brain for a long time, and I cannot wait to share it.......more

Goodreads review by Debra on June 01, 2021

There is what you know about your life, then there is the "truth" about your life. Josephine Morrow (Girl One) may have been the first, but there were more "miracle babies" born on a commune called the homestead. Dr. Joseph Bellanger created nine miracle babies (all female) conceived without male DN......more

Goodreads review by Debbie "DJ" on April 15, 2021

Well, darn it! This book was so original and had such a good premise. Nine different women who had conceived a child without a man. This was done with the help of an outliner doctor, who had problems of his own. What I found the most frustrating was the story was simply too long. I found myself cons......more