![]() ![]() What is not shared about these gilded girls is that gold blood does not just mark them as unworthy of society but as something more. If their blood runs gold a girl is impure and sentenced to death. If their blood runs true they become a member of society. ‘The Gilded Ones,’ Namina Forna’s debut novel, takes you deep into these themes and more.Īs girls reach their sixteenth year they are sent to the village temples for a ceremony to determine their purity. ![]() Deka lives in Otera, a land that has ritualized the patriarchy to keep women in their place. The Gilded Ones, by Namina Forna ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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