02610cam a2200385 4500 1399477986 TxAuBib 20240712120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781488230905 1488230900 68e33c94-f441-4650-8b8f-30f482b7f90c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10382381 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Marrs, John. The Family Experiment [Libby Audiobook]. Harlequin Audio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 302MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 302MB. HTML:<strong>From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual.</strong><br /> Some families are virtually perfect...<br /> The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, the breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families, let alone raise them.<br /> But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality TV show called The Substitute. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child, or risk it all for the chance of a real baby...<br /> Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate Tamagotchi—a virtual baby. Literature. Thriller. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-07-11 20:00:03. Corbett, Clare. Samuel, Clifford. Beaton, Eilidh. Riley, Joshua. Avoth, Justin. Judd, Thomas. Okoye, Nneka. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68e33c94-f441-4650-8b8f-30f482b7f90c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68e33c94-f441-4650-8b8f-30f482b7f90c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)