Living Proof, Kira Peikoff
Living Proof, Kira Peikoff
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Living Proof

Author: Kira Peikoff

Narrator: Mia Barron

Unabridged: 13 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/28/2012


Synopsis

Kira Peikoff's debut novel Living Proof is a dystopian thriller set in 2027 that paints a chilling portrait of a world in which citizens have been stripped of nearly all their reproductive rights. On orders, Department of Embryo Preservation agent Trent Rowe infiltrates an unusually successful fertility clinic, and grows close to the clinic's proprietor, Arianna Drake. Drawn into her world, Trent soon begins questioning everything he's ever known and believed in.

About Kira Peikoff

Kira Peikoff is the author of Living Proof, No Time to Die, and Die Again Tomorrow. She has a degree in journalism from New York University and a master’s in bioethics from Columbia. By day, she is the editor-in-chief of LeapsMag.com, a digital magazine about innovation and ethics in the life sciences. She has also contributed articles to the science section of the New York Times, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, and others. Peikoff lives in New Jersey with her husband and young son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry on August 29, 2012

As I am thoroughly familiar with the works of Ayn Rand (philosophical and fiction-wise), as well as Peikoff's writings on Objectivism I was more than eager to read this debut from Kira Peikoff, the daughter. Ayn Rand is a tough act to follow: Period. I consider The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged two......more

Goodreads review by Amy on December 16, 2011

This book of suspense cannot be classified only under that one category. In fact, while the setting of this novel is the year 2027, the author has taken serious cultural debates from our present-day society and blended them into a tale that’s not very fantastical, since we're not far off from bringi......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on March 08, 2012

Disappointing. After reading the blurb, I thought this was going to be a fast paced medical thriller. Instead it was an entire book devoted to the debate over abotion rights and embryonic stem cell research. Religion vs. science.......more

Goodreads review by Chip on December 22, 2011

"Living Proof" presents a not-to-distant, and believable, world in which Christian fundamentalists have influenced government policy and created a new dark ages in science--specifically with respect to pregnancy and embryonic stem cell research. There are government agencies that subject each pregna......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on May 11, 2012

Living Proof is one of the books I've enjoyed most in the last few years. I think the best way to understand it is as a modern and popularly consumable literary novel. It has well-constructed plot and theme. Characterization is pretty tight. Its form should be generally appealing to an American audi......more