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001			900030923
003			OCoLC
005			20190501234218.0
007			ta
008			151010t20152015nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2015016476
020			_a9780385540353
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPR9199.3.A8 _bH43 2015
082	0	0	_a813/.54 _223
100	1		_aAtwood, Margaret, _d1939- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe heart goes last _cMargaret Atwood.
250			_aFirst American edition.
260		1	_aNew York : _bNan A. Talese, Doubleday, _c[2015]
264		4	_c♭2015
300			_axii, 308 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aStan 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.
650		0	_aMarried people _vFiction.
650		0	_aHomelessness _vFiction.
650		0	_aUnemployment _vFiction.
650		0	_aPrisons _vFiction.
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