Re: SF Story/Novel ID: Angels, Menses and Faces (oh my!)

This really makes me think of Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country.  It has
been a while since I read it and the fit does not seem to be perfect, but
the propagandist is raped by a man who was supposedly in love with her.  She
and the man are both attached and captured by Holylanders, who are a very
patriarchal society and also religious. 

 Hope this is helpful: the wikipedia article on The Gate to Women's Country
has a good summary.

Colleen
Colleen Cahill
SF-LIT moderator
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On Fri, 20 May 2016 14:03:55 +0000, David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:

>We're not having much luck: Can you help us solve find this science fiction
novel for a patron? Here's their description:
>
>"I'm trying to figure out a book a read many years ago. I *think* it's by
>Sherri Tepper, but I can't figure out what it is. Here's the story as I
>remember it: Young women when they get their menses (see? So Sherri
>Tepper)are sent to spend the night in, like, an open air hut or something? And
>then frightening creatures, who are like ravening angels? Sort of? Come
>and A) rape them and B) eat their faces. (Tepper. Pretty sure.) But their
>supposed to be ancestors or something? Like, when people die they become
>these things? And then the first child of most women (due to that whole
>rape thing) are these creatures? And maybe everyone lives in a glass
>bubble? Because I think there's a scene at the end when the
>ancestor/angels are attacking or something? Anyway- any idea what that book
is? Thanks so
>much!"
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>David Wright
>http://shelftalk.spl.org
>
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