Author: Margaret Atwood
Host: Shirley
This book is already controversial with our group, and we haven't even discussed it yet, except through email.
Here's what the publisher has to say, to wet your various whistles:
"Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin.
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around, and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. NO one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in…for six months out of the year.
On alternating months, residents must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their civilian homes. At first, this doesn't seem like too much of a sacrifice…but…with each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled."
My what a nice blog you have Ms. Liz!
ReplyDeleteI do miss the food photos however.