Everything you need to understand or teach Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin.
Alexis Schaitkin's first-person narrative, Elsewhere, is a genre bending fairytale that follows the life of Vera as she comes of age and has a child in a community that equates motherhood with womanhood. The majority of the novel is set in an isolated, mountain town, where strangers are feared. Shaitkins explores themes of motherhood, identity, and love, amongst others.