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"Your family is the most important part of your life. Your families are the people you love, and love is what separates us from scoundrels and criminals. It maintains order. Your parents, your sibling, and your Partner are the ones you love. There should never, ever, be anyone else who…
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1 author picked Missing Pieces as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In Missing Pieces, marriage partners are matched by science to produce healthy children. There's no room for personal choice or alternative lifestyles. Best friends Piran and Tracy are matched to other people, yet they know in their hearts they’re meant to be together. Are they brave enough to leave everything behind to live the life they want? Missing Pieces depicts a clinical approach to marriage and family and uncompromising attitudes about love and sex.
I was so engrossed in this book I stayed up all night to finish it! I was completely swept up in the story of Tracy…
From Tracy's list on young people oppressed by dystopian societies.
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