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Wilda Hughes

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Wilda Hughes is a reader and writer with a deep appreciation for speculative fiction. She currently resides in the southern United States and has traveled extensively.

By drawing on her lived experiences and her fascination with religious cults, mass movements and history, she crafts a powerful debut novel. Her narrative speaks to the darkness of the current state of humanity in a way that makes her work hard to put down.

Average rating: 4.26 · 19 ratings · 15 reviews · 1 distinct workSimilar authors
The Book of Seila

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Fontamara by Ignazio Silone
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Fascinating novel about how fascism was experienced by peasants in a small Italian mountain town in 1930s. Overall, they had a sense of bewilderment as they tried to understand what was happening to them. Some of characters and narrative gave me shad ...more
The Book of Seila by Wilda Hughes
"Wilda Hughes’s The Book of Seila scratched exactly the itch I’ve had for a fresh dystopian read. Right from page one you’re dropped into Ruby Lambert’s brutal world—wanted for murder, heresy, and the kind of “abomination” only a theocratic police sta" Read more of this review »
The Book of Seila by Wilda Hughes
"I can definitely say I was not anticipating this book when I picked it up, especially from a debut author. It's rare to see a first book taking on such heavy topics and especially with such astuteness.

The Book of Seila could easily be a modern day ex" Read more of this review »
The Book of Seila by Wilda Hughes
"This is a fast-paced book that is difficult to put down. Is it a warning or a premonition? I am hoping it is just a great book about women who are fighting to survive in a world where almost everyone is a danger to them. I love the characters, and my" Read more of this review »
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Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Hard Times by Charles Dickens
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