In a broken, pandemic-ridden near-future New York, a hard-luck young woman volunteers for a cloning experiment, then ends up raising the results in Carola Dibbell's The Only Ones.
Dibbell's debut novel is a knockout chunk of sci-fi, what might happen if Brave New World had been narrated by an uneducated single mother. And Dibbell's Inez is a vivid character with a unique voice, carrying the first-person narrative through an epic narrative that includes both world-breaking events as well as nuanced family relationships.
I found this to be a very rewarding read and was glad to finish my year of reading women with this novel. Recommended for fans of both science fiction and literary fiction.
I purchased this at the Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago. It is published by Ohio-based Two Dollar Radio, whose output I have enjoyed.
Dibbell's debut novel is a knockout chunk of sci-fi, what might happen if Brave New World had been narrated by an uneducated single mother. And Dibbell's Inez is a vivid character with a unique voice, carrying the first-person narrative through an epic narrative that includes both world-breaking events as well as nuanced family relationships.
I found this to be a very rewarding read and was glad to finish my year of reading women with this novel. Recommended for fans of both science fiction and literary fiction.
I purchased this at the Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago. It is published by Ohio-based Two Dollar Radio, whose output I have enjoyed.
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