Overpopulation dystopia. Every birth requires a death; if no balancing death is provided, a member of the family or the baby must die. Voluntary suicide is common, but the story suggests that not all suicides are voluntary.
BT - Green Echo: Ecological SF& F C5 -PSt
C6 -Female author.
C7 - 1995 CY - Elkton, MD DA - 01/1995 LA - eng N2 -
Overpopulation dystopia. Every birth requires a death; if no balancing death is provided, a member of the family or the baby must die. Voluntary suicide is common, but the story suggests that not all suicides are voluntary.
PB - Obelesk Books PP - Elkton, MD PY - 1995 SP - 19 EP - 30 T2 - Green Echo: Ecological SF& F TI - "Balancing" ER -