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IceHand · 09-19-2008, 09:01 AM

I've read this science-fiction book a while ago and some days ago I remembered it, but not the title and author. I think I got it from the library …

[EDIT: The book I searched for is "Never Let me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Possible spoilers below.]

It's about an institute that seems to be an orphanage, but in reality it's a place where they raise clones of humans to be used as organ donors. The perspective is from a girl being raised there, as far as I remember, and she discovers some irregularities such as that the children go to a "special place" once they reach a certain age and never come back.
A recurring theme is her rocking a baby doll and listening to a certain song from a cassette. One of the overseers at the institute notices her doing that and weeps, because as it later becomes evident all of the clones are unable to have children.

Does someone know what book this is?

09-19-2008, 09:01 AM	#1
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	Looking for a s-f book I've read, but forgot title/author I've read this science-fiction book a while ago and some days ago I remembered it, but not the title and author. I think I got it from the library … [EDIT: The book I searched for is "Never Let me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Possible spoilers below.] It's about an institute that seems to be an orphanage, but in reality it's a place where they raise clones of humans to be used as organ donors. The perspective is from a girl being raised there, as far as I remember, and she discovers some irregularities such as that the children go to a "special place" once they reach a certain age and never come back. A recurring theme is her rocking a baby doll and listening to a certain song from a cassette. One of the overseers at the institute notices her doing that and weeps, because as it later becomes evident all of the clones are unable to have children. Does someone know what book this is? Last edited by IceHand; 09-20-2008 at 09:13 AM.