Dreams Before the Start of Time – Anne Charnock – 2017 47North Paperback
Dreams Before the Start of Time – Anne Charnock – 2017 47North Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: David Drummond Blurb: “Anne Charnock’s third novel … showcases all that is most imaginative and forward-thinking in British science fiction right now.” -NINA ALLAN, author of The Race In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend—a hungover Toni Munroe—steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating. In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren embrace new ways of making babies. When infertility is a thing of the past, a man can create a child without a woman, a woman can create a child without a man, and artificial wombs eliminate the struggles of pregnancy. But what does it mean to be a parent? A child? A family? Through a series of interconnected vignettes that spans five generations and three continents, this emotionally taut story explores the anxieties that arise when the science of fertility claims to deliver all the answers.” Dreams Before the Start of Time – Anne Charnock – 2017 47North Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: David Drummond Blurb: “Anne Charnock’s third novel … showcases all that is most imaginative and forward-thinking in British science fiction right now.” -NINA ALLAN, author of The Race In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend—a hungover Toni Munroe—steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating. In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren embrace new ways of making babies. When infertility is a thing of the past, a man can create a child without a woman, a woman can create a child without a man, and artificial wombs eliminate the struggles of pregnancy. But what does it mean to be a parent? A child? A family? Through a series of interconnected vignettes that spans five generations and three continents, this emotionally taut story explores the anxieties that arise when the science of fertility claims to deliver all the answers.” × × × × × × × × Buy now and save! Tell a friend Visit store Watch now You might also like Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Player’s Edition)- Lew Wallace 1908 hardback God’s Treasure House Unlocked – Charles G. Schuh 1887 Cranston & Stowe hardback Lavender and Old Lace – Myrtle Reed 1902 Grosset & Dunlap vintage hardback Walden or Life in the Woods – Henry David Thoreau Riverside Library edition eBay integration by