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Halfway to Free (Out of Line collection) : By – Emma Donoghue - Short Story Book Review

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Halfway to Free (Out of Line collection) : By – Emma Donoghue     - Short Story Book Review Originally reviewed by - Gobookmart.com   Halfway for free is a short story leaves you with so much to consider. Set in (2060) 40 years of future . It nearly brings humankind round trip. From presume archaic way of Thinking and living to assumed freedom...or is it? Is life truly better without kids, without the agony, duty, and expanded carbon impression that are consequences of bringing a new life into the world? Has conception prevention freed women, giving them decision over their bodies? Or on the other hand has it rather become a method of controlling them?   It's 2060 and the world has up to 9 million people however with extremist changes, it's going down to 6 million, although few think that a better objective would be 3 million people. Despite the fact that it's not illegal to have a kid, doing so is made practically unimaginable because of housing, work, medical care...