Award-winning author Charlotte Wood’s disturbing new novel, The Natural Way of Things, begins when two women, strangers to each other, wake up from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the desert. They don’t know their crime, but it becomes increasingly clear no one will rescue them. It’s a stark and original exploration of misogyny and control. In this podcast Lucinda Holdforth talks to Charlotte about the history and social forces that inspired her dystopian fable.

<p>Award-winning author Charlotte Wood&rsquo;s disturbing new novel,&nbsp;<em>The Natural Way of Things</em>, begins when two women, strangers to each other, wake up from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the desert. They don&rsquo;t know their crime, but it becomes increasingly clear no one will rescue them. It&rsquo;s a stark and original exploration of misogyny and control. In this podcast Lucinda Holdforth talks to Charlotte about the history and social forces that inspired her dystopian fable.</p>

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