![]() ![]() Patchett cites Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Evelyn Waugh's Handful of Dust and Henry James' The Ambassadors as major influences, and it's no wonder - as the story develops, Marina seems to be journeying both into the wilderness and into herself. But, in fact, it doesn't really look so good.'" And this is a story in which I say, 'Yes, you can have children as long as you want. "There's so much discussion about how you can freeze your eggs, you can get a surrogate, you can have children as late as you want. "It's a bit of a cautionary tale," Patchett says. She acknowledges that it is a bit of a "horror novel," but it's also meant to address some women's desire to keep their childbearing options open. Before the book was finished, Patchett says, women often recoiled when she told them about her fictional Lakeshi tribe. ![]()
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