{"product_id":"the-offset-paperback","title":"The Offset - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCalder Szewczak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatasha Calder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmma Szewczak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is your eighteenth birthday and one of your parents must die. You are the one who decides. Who do you pick?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a dying world, the Offset ceremony has been introduced to counteract and discourage procreation. It is a rule that is simultaneously accepted, celebrated and abhorred. But in this world, survival demands sacrifice so for every birth, there must be a death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfessor Jac Boltanski is leading Project Salix, a ground-breaking new mission to save the world by replanting radioactive Greenland with genetically-modified willow trees. But things aren't working out and there are discrepancies in the data. Has someone intervened to sabotage her life's work? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the meantime, her daughter Miri, an anti-natalist, has run away from home. Days before their Offset ceremony where one of her mothers must be sentenced to death, she is brought back against her will following a run-in with the law. Which parent will Miri pick to die: the one she loves, or the one she hates who is working to save the world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFile Under: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e [ Only One Leaves The Choice is Yours Last Hope Counting Down ]\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalder Szewczak is writing duo Natasha C. Calder and Emma Szewczak, who met while studying at Cambridge. Natasha is a graduate of Clarion West 2018 and her work has previously appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLackington's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCuriosities\u003c\/i\u003e, amongst others. Emma researches contemporary representations of the Holocaust and has published work with T\u0026amp;T Clark and the Paulist Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699113758783,"sku":"9780857669186","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/77aa1ac5ad2b46806e4e8ac3b31dff83.webp?v=1765012521","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-offset-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}