For some, this may seem like an interesting premise that suggests many problems of the world could be eliminated, but it doesn’t take a ton of pages to see the inherent horror in a world such as this. Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh is a dystopian novel that examines a society in which the decision to have children is taken out of women’s hands. I think most would agree that simply having the option of becoming parents is a privilege that many people in the world don’t have, whether that’s due to lack of education, birth control, the physical ability or simply circumstance. One aspect that seems ripe for endless debate is the decision to have children in the first place. Motherhood is such a hot topic in fiction these days, and why shouldn’t it be? There are lots of feelings and events to muddle through in this time of life, and like parenting in general, the capacity and opportunity for trauma is endless (LOL).
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