TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marrs,John
TI  - The family experiment
SN  - 9781035016976 (hbk.) :
AV  - PR6113.A768 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Thriller
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - England
KW  - thema
KW  - Crime & mystery fiction
KW  - Thriller / suspense fiction
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - lcsh
N2  - The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. 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. 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
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