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maria_pulver 's review for:
My Real Children
by Jo Walton
Walton's prose, as usual, is very pleasant, consistent and and makes a rather easy read. And yet Walton finds this very point to touch her reader's soul. This time it played on my fears of dementia (that are firmly based on a family medical history).
The plot develops in leaps - once for Pat and once for Trish, who are the different possible lives of the same woman, now suffering from memory deteoriation in a nurcing home. Once her life is split into two possible fates, it seems that both go according to the saying "damned if you do, and damned if you don't", but she eventually finds her ground in both. And looses it again with her memory, when the both lines merge again.
And, of course, a question is asked at the end. I guess each reader has to answer for himself.
The plot develops in leaps - once for Pat and once for Trish, who are the different possible lives of the same woman, now suffering from memory deteoriation in a nurcing home. Once her life is split into two possible fates, it seems that both go according to the saying "damned if you do, and damned if you don't", but she eventually finds her ground in both. And looses it again with her memory, when the both lines merge again.
And, of course, a question is asked at the end. I guess each reader has to answer for himself.