“When the Birds Come”

Title“When the Birds Come”
Year for Search2014
AuthorsRiches, Emily
Secondary AuthorsWest, Patrick, and Dwivedi, Om Prakash
Secondary TitleThe World to Come
Pagination195-199
Date Published2014
PublisherSoineless Wonders
Place PublishedStrawberry Hills, NSW, Australia
KeywordsAustralian author, Female author
Annotation

Dystopia in which the old have been shunted off to miserable communities outside cities. Set in a future with both a climate crisis bringing rising seas and a pandemic, the decision is made that elderly are not worth what they cost.

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Author Note

Female author

Full Text

2014 Riches, Emily. “When the Birds Come.” The World to Come. Ed. Patrick West and Om Prakash Dwivedi (Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia: Spineless Wonders, 2014), 195-199. PSt

Dystopia in which the old have been shunted off to miserable communities outside cities. Set in a future with both a climate crisis bringing rising seas and a pandemic, the decision is made that elderly are not worth what they cost. Australian female author.