The Heart Goes Last

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Call Number: BOCD Fiction, Adult BOCD / Fiction / Science Fiction / Atwood, Margaret
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Fiction / Science Fiction / Atwood, Margaret	4-week checkout	On Shelf

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Read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Deakins.
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 of Consilience 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 to make in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who lives in their house during the months when she and Stan are in the prison, a series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. With each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.

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Interesting read submitted by aohall on June 30, 2016, 1:41pm The story is about a couple trying to survive following an economic collapse, who ultimately agree to join a community where they will spend half their time living in a private prison. An interesting dystopian novel, but it drags on a little too much.

Stories within stories are just part of an Atwood book. submitted by Judeyblu on July 5, 2016, 9:09pm I liked the wat this drew me into it.
Eh, it could happen? It makes sense... OK... no... wait a minute... no.....