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    Audiobook45 minutes

    Useless Things

    Written by Maureen F. McHugh

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer

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    About this audiobook

    “I scoop the doll off the floor. I make reborns. Dolls that look like newborn infants. The point is to make them look almost, but not quite real.”

    An affecting tale of the struggle to retain one's humanity in the face of societal breakdown. With the population sliding toward unemployment, homelessness, and desperation, one woman ekes out a living fashioning “reborns” for clients of a particular taste.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateOct 1, 2012
    ISBN9781471209079
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    Useless Things
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    Maureen F. McHugh

    With her groundbreaking novel, China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. She is the winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee.

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