{"product_id":"the-grace-period","title":"The Grace Period","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey were the miracle that saved the world. They were never meant to survive it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=rIpSTMLLXznEtOpQ50dR1wcy2G9OLA6qbOQRlDplOCM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=p6kntCb2mGZfqfAOwIq3WORv8pf36BiqK8Ca0vnItQy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHardcover from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom the back cover\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, the Nursery Act was the miracle that ended a fertility crisis. Empty homes filled with children, birth numbers climbed, and a society that had begun to plan for its own quiet end believed it had been saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one asked what a program that could grant a generation might also intend for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a single analyst begins to read the records too closely, a question surfaces that families across the world are not ready to face, one that will take three decades, and everything they love, to answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Grace Period\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping literary dystopia of reproductive technology, institutional power, grief, and the ferocious love of parents for children the world was never built to keep. For readers of \u003cem\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAiden Laraith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrace Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA debut novel, standalone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 706 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:1.4em;font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.55;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm and television inquiries:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"mailto:hello@northlume.org?subject=Film%20and%20television%20inquiry%3A%20The%20Grace%20Period\"\u003ehello@northlume.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:1.6em;font-size:0.82em;line-height:1.5;color:#7a7168;text-align:left;\"\u003eCover art: \u003cem\u003eThe Cradle\u003c\/em\u003e, Gustav Klimt, 1917. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trace Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44689352753194,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0228\/4330\/files\/the-grace-period.jpg?v=1786629660","url":"https:\/\/northlume.org\/products\/the-grace-period","provider":"Northlume ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}