Calla, like all other girls, enters a lottery after "becoming a woman." Each is given either a white ticket or a blue ticket. Those with whit tickets become mothers, those with blue tickets are implanted with an IUD and go to work, never to become mothers. All is fine for Calla until she enters her 30's and has the urge to procreate. This creates problems as the system does not allow for it. She gets pregnant, goes on the run and hooks up with some like minded women.
The interesting part of the book is the lack of explanation for this system. Calla doesn't seem to live in an overpopulated area. When she goes on the run, there are several small towns and rural areas that she visits. There doesn't seem to be a food shortage. There are seriously no hints. The white ticket women that she runs across are mothers of one or two. Not like they are consolidating reproduction for the healthy or whatever. For some reason this bothered me more than any other part of the story...much of which is bothersome.
No comments:
Post a Comment