
Graceful Burdens
Out of Line collection
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Narrated by:
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Samira Wiley
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By:
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Roxane Gay
From New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay comes an unforgettable tale of nightmarish bureaucracy in which genetic profiling has redefined the “unfit mother.”
A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can alleviate her grief and frustration at a “baby library,” where a curiously endless supply of infants is available for a two-week loan. But the borrowed life that serves as a temporary balm leads to a journey of self-discovery that will forever change the direction of Hadley’s future.
Roxane Gay’s Graceful Burdens is part of Out of Line, an incisive collection of funny, enraging, and hopeful stories of women’s empowerment and escape. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.
Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
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Wonderful, captivating.
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handmaid's tale-esque
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Stunning!
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Incredible
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I really enjoyed the narrator’s voice, warm and supple.
Dystopian and women-positive
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A dystopian gem
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A cautionary tale
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Wish it would have been longer!
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Prescient
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Great short story!
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