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Jul 13, 2014Michael Colford rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Patricia is feeling confused today. At least that's what the note by her bed tells her. In fact, at her advanced age, in the nursing home where she lives, she often feels confused and forgetful, but what's she remembers distinctly are the two lives that crowd her memory. One where she married Mark and raised four children in a world that is at peace and has a colony on the moon; and another where she spent her life with her beloved Bee and their three children, on a beleaguered planet suffering from nuclear detonations and fatal fallout. Jo Walton, whose last novel, Among Others is among my favorite reads, spins a straight-forward, subtle tale of a woman's life, or rather, two lives, and how a single decision can propel that life into two very different paths. And could that one person's quiet, unassuming life also have major repercussions across the globe? Just like the theory that the flap of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane halfway around the world, Walton wonders if a single decision could make the difference between peace and violence. Which life would you choose if given the choice?