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The Family Experiment by John Marrs

5.0

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Set in the same university of The One and The Marriage Act, the UK is now facing the challenge of it being too expensive to start and raise a family. So technology comes to the rescue in the form of Virtual Children. To promote this new product, the company behind this initiative creates a reality show where ten families will compete to raise a child over 9-months as it ages from birth to 18 in that time frame. The family who wins will choose their prize: to keep their virtual child or will money to fund the chance to have a child in the real-world.

The audiobook was so enjoyable to listen to and I highly recommend that as the medium! With different voice actors for the different families mixed in with news stories and online commentaries I was riveted from the start!! John Marrs - please keep expanding this universe!!