Anise - Hardcover

Henry, Maren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587156997 ISBN 13: 9781587156991

Publisher: Borgo Press, 2003

Synopsis

Anise Hunt lives in a world moments from our own -- a world that has suffered an eternity of anguish. It is a world where a terrible virus has corrupted humanity's genes, bringing a slow and agonizing death to the young as their parents watch in agony. But not everyone has become infected with the virus, and those who are free from it live in another world entirely -- a world of prosperity and ease. Anise's genes are normal. Orson Denvers, a rich young man with impeccable genes, is set to usher Anise into a loveless marriage -- until the night she runs away. And where can she run? Only one place: into the ghetto of the genetic degenerates.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In Henry's dazzling debut novel on the search for love, 17-year-old Anise Hunt is left to cope with her grief-stricken father. First her half-sister is killed by a virus that over several generations has wreaked havoc with humanity's genes, and then her mother dies under mysterious circumstances. Her father urges Anise to marry a well-to-do Harvard student with impeccable genes, but instead she seeks refuge in the ghetto inhabited by "degens," as the genetically degenerate are known. While the influence of Pride and Prejudice is clear throughout, the dark, brutal and twisted forms of love the characters exhibit are more reminiscent of those in Wuthering Heights. The prose flows easily through an enthralling plot, marred only by a couple of girlishly idiotic actions.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Borgo Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1587156997
• ISBN 13: 9781587156991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264