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Distopian fable about a society where girls who have gotten in trouble or whose parents are political dissenters are sent to slave in a giant laundry where they have no names or rights.
I'm unclear as to why Lott wanted to make this story about children when he clearly never talks to kids. In the narrative sections Lott's writing seems competent, but the dialogue and ideas of the children were utterly unnatural and unbelievable. The little girls spoke like lobbyists declaiming their positions, ve ...more
I'm unclear as to why Lott wanted to make this story about children when he clearly never talks to kids. In the narrative sections Lott's writing seems competent, but the dialogue and ideas of the children were utterly unnatural and unbelievable. The little girls spoke like lobbyists declaiming their positions, ve ...more
