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Dreams Before the Start of Time
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden, Derek Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend - a hungover Toni Munroe - steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating.
In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren embrace new ways of making babies. When infertility is a thing of the past, a man can create a child without a woman, a woman can create a child without a man, and artificial wombs eliminate the struggles of pregnancy. But what does it mean to be a parent? A child? A family?
Through a series of interconnected vignettes that spans five generations and three continents, this emotionally taut story explores the anxieties that arise when the science of fertility claims to deliver all the answers.
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- Kate
- 07-02-21
Robotic narration
Horrible robotic narration doing a disservice to the book. Great if you fancy spending 6 hours listening to an answering machine, otherwise do yourself (and author) a favour and avoid the audio version. Started reading it myself and it's a different kettle of fish.
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- Tea
- 02-01-20
Avoid!
Struggled to finish. The narrator is awful and the storylines are so disconnected I struggled to care about any of them!
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- Julie Bowley
- 01-09-18
How tech could impact our everyday lives
best book I've read in a while. love the way it describes stuff we do everyday and imagines how tech innovations could change that but also bring us full circle. also gave me, an oldie, a good insight into how the young adults might think now
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-08-18
Confusing
Understanding is not assisted by narrators speaking style.
I never got to grips with the plot - it certainly felt like a dream that made little or no sense.
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