It can’t possibly be pushed aside or written out of history, but then it is. This story uses “dragoning” as something that is so clearly visible and extreme that you think it simply cannot be ignored. There are many novels that capture the experience of womanhood and trying to meld into a society that never fully accepts you, but there are none that capture feminine rage the way this novel does. Where is her beloved Aunt? Why is her family forcing her to pretend she never existed? Why are they now referring to her cousin as Alex’s sister? Eventually forced into silence, Alex tries to go on with her life, that is, until her cousin turned sister Bea becomes obsessed with dragons and all the forbidden history behind them. The story follows Alex Green, a young girl whose aunt was transformed in the “mass dragoning.” Alex finds herself faced with questions no one will answer. This eventually became “taboo” with all other women’s issues and was rarely talked about and never taught formally as a legitimate part of history. This all started with what is referred to as “the mass dragoning of 1955” where hundreds of thousands of American wives and mothers suddenly morphed into dragons, caused mass chaos and destruction, and then flew off. The only difference is that every once in a while, for no foreseeable reason, women spontaneously turn into dragons and take off to the skies, never to be seen again. This story takes place in America in the 1950s, in a world much like our own. It is a raw and emotional tale of womanhood and trying to fit into a society that was never built for that. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill is more than just a story of women spontaneously turning into dragons and taking off towards the sky.
This blog post is dedicated to one of the most inspiring books about women that captures the concept of feminine rage.
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