A country votes on banning natural birth—and for one young woman, it's about to become the most personal question of her life.
Europe, 2096. After the collapse of global birthrates, nearly every child is born in an artificial womb and raised in state-run Centers designed to optimize development and eliminate uncertainty. Those born the old way are slowly disappearing.
Grace is finishing her final year at a Center. Her meticulously guided life has been building toward a future mapped out before she arrived in the world. Mostly. Until she is gifted a banned book, and the questions she starts asking aren’t ones the system is prepared to reopen.
On a school trip to Natural-Born District 1, she meets Tom. His world is full of things she has only read about: families built on warmth and choice, streets overtaken by wild green, futures that aren’t prewritten. She starts breaking the rules to see more of it. And of him. It costs her—friendships, safety, and every assumption she had about what the system’s care actually means.
When a charismatic minister drives a referendum to ban natural birth entirely—“for the children’s sake”—Grace makes a discovery she cannot share with anyone. Something she cannot ignore. Something she cannot undo.
Now everything—her bond with Tom, her freedom, her body—is on a collision course with a vote she cannot stop and a system that has already made up its mind.
If banning natural birth promised a better life for everyone—would you vote yes?
For readers of The Handmaid’s Tale, Station Eleven, and Klara and the Sun.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A country votes on banning natural birth-and one young woman stands in the crossfire.Europe, 2096. In a society shaped by the collapse of global birthrates, almost every child is now a Regular: born in artificial wombs and brought up in state-run Centers designed for perfection. Those born the old way, Natural-Borns, live in their own districts, remnants of a past slowly fading from view.Seventeen-year-old Grace is in her final year at a Center, her life steady, structured, and carefully guided by AI-assisted human caretakers. She has never questioned the system that raised her, grateful for the safety and certainty of a flawless upbringing-until she is gifted a banned book that awakens a longing to see beyond the Center's walls.On a school trip to Natural-Born District 1, she meets Tom, whose unscripted life is full of things she's only read about: families built on warmth and choice, landscapes growing organically, futures that aren't prewritten. Drawn to him and his different world, Grace starts bending rules-sneaking out, clashing with friends, deceiving caretakers-and begins to notice what her perfect system quietly takes away.When a charismatic minister drives a referendum to outlaw natural birth "for the children's sake," violence flares, and Grace and Tom's bond collides with old wounds, a fragile new secret, and the cost of exposure. With days dwindling and the system tightening its grip, Grace must make a decision: protect the future that raised her-or risk everything for a life that no one else believes in.Tense, intimate, and plausibly near, Birthright ultimately asks not only who gets to decide how we are made-but how much certainty we are willing to trade for choice.Ideal for readers who enjoy character-driven, quietly gripping near-future fiction like Klara and the Sun, The Handmaid's Tale, and The School for Good Mothers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783912376012
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