The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall (published in the United States as Daughters of the North). The British edition was published in 2007 by Faber & Faber; the American edition in 2008 by HarperCollins.

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firstname: Sarah
lastname: Hall
booktitle: <em>The Carhullan Army</em>
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publisher: <em>Daughters of the North</em> (US); Faber & Faber (UK 2007); HarperCollins (American 2008)
year: 2007
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    <p>      <em>The  Carhullan Army</em> elicited strong praise from the jurors. Gwenda Bond said, "Hall does so many things well in this book - writing female aggression in a believable way, dealing with real bodies in a way that makes  sense, and getting right to the heart of the contradictions that violence  brings out in people, but particularly in women in ways we still don't see  explored that often. I found the writing entrancing and exactly what it needed to be for the story; lean, but well-turned."
    <p>Geoff Ryman said, "It faces up to our current grim future (something too few SF novels have  done) and seems to go harder and darker into war, violence, and revolution."</p>
    <p>Meghan McCarron said, "I found the book to be subtle and ambiguous in terms of its portrayal of the Army, and its utopia. The book became, ultimately, an examination of what it means to attain physical, violent power as defined by a male-dominated world. And it asserted that it could be claimed by anyone, regardless of  physical sex, provided they were willing to pay the price."_</p>
    <p>The book, which is Hall's third novel, also won the 2007 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) from Britain or the Commonwealth written by an author of 35 or under.</p>
