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The Growing Season

The Growing Season

by HelenSedgwick (Author)

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    Paperback 2017

    $3.45
Synopsis

Now anyone can have a baby. With FullLife's safe and affordable healthcare plan, why risk a natural birth? Just choose the colour of your pouch and its accessories. Without the pouch, Eva might not have been born. And yet she has sacrificed her career, and maybe even her relationship, campaigning against FullLife's biotech baby pouches. Despite her efforts, everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger and constraint and all can share the joy of childbearing. Perhaps FullLife has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this, she discovers that something strange is happening at FullLife. Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years. Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy. But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about FullLife. What drove him and Eva apart may just bring them back together, as they search for the truth behind FullLife's closed doors, and face a truth of their own. A beautiful story about family, loss and what our future might hold, The Growing Season is an original and powerful novel by a rising talent.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: 01
 Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 07 Sep 2017
ISBN 10: 1911215965
ISBN 13: 9781911215967
Book Overview: What if anyone could have a baby? A thought-provoking and unforgettable novel from a rising star.

Media Reviews
So enjoyed The Growing Season. . . Galloped my way to the conclusion, despite wishing it would never end. Smart & provocative. -- Carys Bray * Twitter *
The Growing Season poses a compelling what-if about the female body, technology and power -- Sarah Ditum * Guardian *
You know when you read the back of a book and your neck hairs go all tingly? This is one of them. . . an inventive tale that'll leave you contemplating what the future holds. * Stylist *
Sedgwick describes her off-kilter world brilliantly and she considers the big ideas in her novel from all sides like a true scientist. . . It's smart and thoughtful writing - a novel to make you consider deeply what family means and what the not-too-distant future might hold. * Big Issue *
I adored ex-physicist Sedgwick's dazzling debut literary novel, The Comet Seekers, a critically-acclaimed, super-smart love story that's anchored in an Antarctic scientific research centre but spans centuries and multiple locations. Her new one is just as brainy and ambitious... Clever stuff -- Kerry Potter * Muddy Stilettos *
Author Bio
Helen Sedgwick was a research scientist working in the field of biophysics before writing her debut novel, The Comet Seekers. She has an MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University and a PhD in Physics from Edinburgh University, and has received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Having grown up in London, she now lives in the Scottish Highlands. The Growing Season is her second novel.