The End of Men. Christina Sweeney-Baird

      

      THE END OF MEN

      Christina Sweeney-Baird

       Copyright

      The Borough Press

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

      Copyright © Christina Sweeney-Baird 2021

      Christina Sweeney-Baird asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008407926

      Ebook Edition © APRIL 2021 ISBN: 9780008407940

      Version: 2021-04-10

       Dedication

       For my mum, Margarita.

       I’m so very glad to be your daughter.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Author’s Note

      Before

      Catherine

      Outbreak

      Amanda

      Catherine

      Amanda

      Lisa

       Amanda

       Article in The Times of London on 20 November 2025

       Catherine

       Elizabeth

       Panic

       Article in the Washington Post on 15 December 2025

       Dawn

       Clare

       Amanda

       Catherine

       Morven

       Catherine

       Rosamie

       Lisa

       Elizabeth

       Amanda

       Helen

       Catherine

       Rosamie

       Despair

       Catherine

       Toby Williams

       Amanda

       The Gynarchy Resistance Blog

       Dawn

       Article in the Washington Post on 14 March 2026

       Catherine

       Elizabeth

       Lisa

       Survival

       Morven

       Amanda

       Elizabeth

       Irina

       Article in the Washington Post on 30 June 2026

       Rachel

       Toby Williams

       Lisa

       Elizabeth

       Catherine

       Amanda

       Faith

       Dawn

       Frances

       Toby

       Dawn

       Recovery

       Lisa

       Catherine

       Elizabeth

       Amanda

       Lisa

       Catherine

       Strength

       Helen

       Article in the Washington Post on 13 March 2029

       Dawn

       Elizabeth

       Adaptation

       Article in the Washington Post on 8 December 2029

       Dawn

       Catherine

       Amanda

       Catherine

       Jamie

       Catherine

       Amanda

       Rosamie

       Elizabeth

       Article in the Washington Post on 30 June 2030

       Dawn

       Catherine

       Lisa

       Dawn

       Remembrance

       Catherine

       Foreword to ‘Stories of the Great Male Plague’ by Catherine Lawrence

       Acknowledgements