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One of my all time favorites -- I read it in 1985 and really wanted to read it again. It's a story of a young woman recruited for reproductive purposes at a time of plummeting birth rates. I just finished listening to it on a Library CD, where the narration was directed by BBC Radio and is a documentary style recording narrated by a full 4-member cast; it's really something else. The narrative switches between her memory of the old world where she was a working mother and then of her life as a s
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"There is more than one kind of freedom said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and Freedom From. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from." (pg 24). The days of anarchy refers to the United States when women were free to make choices such as pursuing careers, managing a bank account, reproductive rights, and marriage decisions. Then the President is assassinated, Congress is gunned down, and the Constitution is suspended. No one objects. Everything is going to be ok.
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Apr 22, 2013
Marek
marked it as to-read
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Mar 10, 2015
Shae
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