Other Press, 2009 ISBN: 9781590513132
In this dystopian near-future novel, society deals with population control and the use of limited resources by defining anyone over the age of 50 who is unpartnered and/or doesn’t have children, as dispensable.
The story is told by Dorrit, a Scandanavian woman who has just reached her 50th birthday must give up the little house she is so proud of, and worse, her beloved dog to report to the mysterious “Unit.” Residents at the Unit are given small apartments, provided with good meals, entertainment, a gym, an indoor garden — anything to make them comfortable except their own lives. In exchange, they must participate in medical experiments which may or may not be safe, and ultimately they must begin donating organs and skin to the younger population, until they are called to, or volunteer to make their “final donation.”
When Dorrit falls unexpectedly in love, everything changes for her.
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