Dark Lullaby

TitleDark Lullaby
Year for Search2020
AuthorsHo-Yen, Polly
Pagination350 pp.
Date Published2020
PublisherTitan Books
Place PublishedLondon
ISBN Number9781789094251
KeywordsEnglish 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.

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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.