Dark Lullaby
Title | Dark Lullaby |
Year for Search | 2020 |
Authors | Ho-Yen, Polly |
Pagination | 350 pp. |
Date Published | 2020 |
Publisher | Titan Books |
Place Published | London |
ISBN Number | 9781789094251 |
Keywords | English author, Female author |
Annotation | The novel is set in a future undergoing a fertility crisis, and every child born is closely monitored and removed from parents deemed unfit by OSIP (Office of Standards in Parenting) which can issue an ISIP (Insufficient Standard of Parenting) for any infraction. ISIPs accumulate until a child is removed. The novel centers on the struggles of a mother to have a child and then keep it. |
Holding Institutions | L |
Author Note | Female author |
Full Text | 2021 Ho-Yen, Polly. Dark Lullaby. London: Titan Books. 350 pp. L The novel is set in a future undergoing a fertility crisis, and every child born is closely monitored and removed from parents deemed unfit by OSIP (Office of Standards in Parenting) which can issue an ISIP (Insufficient Standard of Parenting) for any infraction. ISIPs accumulate until a child is removed. The novel centers on the struggles of a mother to have a child and then keep it. Female author. |