by Weldon (Author)
An astonishing novel that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering.
Joanna May thought herself unique, indivisible - until one day, to her hideous shock, she discovered herself to be five: though childless she was a mother; though an only child she was surrounded by sisters young enough to be her daughers - Jane, Julie, Gina and Alice, the clones of Joanna May.
How will they withstand the shock of first meeting? And what of the avenging Carl, Joanna's former husband and the clones' creator: will he take revenge for his wife's infidelity and destroy her sisters one by one?
In this astonishing novel, Fay Weldon weaves a web of paradox quite awesome in its cunning. Probing into the strange world of genetic engineering, The Cloning of Joanna May raises frightening questions about our identity as individuals - and provides some startling answers. Funny, serious, revolutionary, this is the work of a master storyteller at the height of her powers.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Flamingo
Published: 23 Oct 1995
ISBN 10: 0006545939
ISBN 13: 9780006545934
`The deadly accuracy of Fay Weldon's psychology makes this bizarre tale a compulsive page-turner'
Daily Mail
`A triumph of complex entertainment'
The Times
Fay Weldon was born and raised in New Zealand. Her novels and short stories best-sell around the world and wherever they go are awarded great critical acclaim. Her film and TV work wins enthusiastic viewers by the million, worldwide.