{"product_id":"books-the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell","title":"The Only Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e*10 Favorite Books of the Year (2015) --\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015 --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *One of the most anticipated books of 2015  --Dazed \u0026amp; Confused, BuzzFeed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInez wanders a post-pandemic world, strangely immune to disease, making her living by volunteering as a test subject. She is hired to provide genetic material to a grief-stricken, affluent mother, who lost all four of her daughters within four short weeks. This experimental genetic work is policed by a hazy network of governmental Ethics committees, and threatened by the Knights of Life, religious zealots who raze the rural farms where much of this experimentation is done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the mother backs out at the last minute, Inez is left responsible for the product, which in this case is a baby girl, Ani. Inez must protect Ani, who is a scientific breakthrough, keeping her alive, dodging authorities and religious fanatics, and trying to provide Ani with the chilldhood tha Inez never had, which means a stable home and an education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a stylish voice, The Only Ones is a time-old story, tender and iconic, about how much we love our children, however they come, as well as a sly commentary on class, politics, and the complexities of reproductive technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Breathtaking. [Dibbell has] delivered a debut novel on par with some of the best speculative fiction of the past 30 years; \u003ci\u003eThe Only Ones\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be shelved alongside Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, Nalo Hopkinson's \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl in the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e, and P. D. James' \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildren of Men\u003c\/i\u003e. It's that good, and that important, and that heartbreakingly beautiful.\" --NPR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669540233489,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781937512279.jpg?v=1781509082","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-only-ones-by-carola-dibbell","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}