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Following an ecological disaster on Earth, humans take to space in rockets. Plutonium has left many people disabled; these 'misfits' are all left behind on Earth, where they attempt to rebuild society.
The protagonist, a pregnant woman with a blind cobbler husband, works with the judge. A series of infanticides sweeps their community: mothers are killing their 'perfect' children because of the growing arrogance of older, able-bodied children. After the protagonist's husband is assaulted at the school, the protagonist shifts the crime of the infanticides to the judge, who loved the children and wanted them to be perfect, thus protecting the actual murderers.
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Blindness, deafness, mutism, dwarfism, physical disorders requiring movement aids. Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person.
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Awards
- 2000 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Short Story
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