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THE END OF MEN
Christina Sweeney-Baird
The Borough Press
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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
Copyright © Christina Sweeney-Baird 2021
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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
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Version: 2021-04-10
For my mum, Margarita.
I’m so very glad to be your daughter.
Contents
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