The Heart Goes Last by margaret Attwood

 

Positron seems to offer Charmaine and her husband Stan a way out of their miserable existence.  They apply at once and are accepted. They start living a very comfortable life. One downside  however, is that they only live in a normal home  for six months and spend six months in prison And once  in the  system, you can't get out.

 The job that Charmaine has in prison is disturbing.   She has to euthanize certain prisoners.

 They do get out.  But at a price. As ever Attwood doesn't disappoint.  She offers here a possible challenging near future and provides us with rounded believable characters we care about.

 The ending is actually upbeat.

 I have particulalyity enjoyed a children's book for fluent  readers: 

 

This is a complmentary story to Wind in the Willows and take place mainly whilst Mr Toadiss in priso. ait takesmem back to the second year of junior school when our teacher read The Wind in the Willows over  a series of das ;such ahappy time. This is one of the things that led to my love of story,?

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Under Fire-red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean

 

This month I've chosen Under Fire-red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean

Four hildn escp bin evacuated duding War II. This isn't one of McCaugherean's usual feel-good stories; it is much more or brutal. In every paragraph something bad happens. This gives a real sense of what it might be like living in a war zone.  Perhaps a warning about the times we're in now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Fire-Red-Sky-Geraldine-McCaughrean/dp/1836040776/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AXMA5XLO7CHB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Ssq6flPGUu2

Giveaway  

Love and romance can be tough for a compulsive fibber
Archie has quite a reputation as a practised fibber. Normally his lies are harmless but as time goes by they begin to get him into more and more trouble. They lose him his girlfriend, and bizarrely, his hearing as his ears begin to react in a very strange way every time he is less than truthful. Giving honest opinions isn’t enough. Deep truth is called for. But finding that isn’t easy. Some truths are very hard to face. Then numbers become interesting, too.
Fibbin’ Archie, is, however, more than the story of a disenchanted young man. It is also a writing experiment based on a fascinating number series (Fibonacci!) It is a piece of experimental writing, a humorous story of love and sex, an examination of social issues affecting young adults and a story of coming of age. 

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