Son, Lois Lowry
Son, Lois Lowry
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Son

Author: Lois Lowry

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2012


Synopsis

“They called her Water Claire.”
 
When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen.
Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. When he was taken from their community, she knew she had to follow. And so her journey began.
But here in this wind-battered village Claire is welcomed as one of their own. In the security of her new home, she is free and loved. She grows stronger. As tempted as she is by the warmth of more human kindness than she has ever known, she cannot stay. Her son is out there; a young boy by now. Claire will stop at nothing to find her child . . . even if it means trading her own life.
With Son, the two-time Newbery Medal–winning Lois Lowry has spun another mesmerizing tale in this thrilling and long-awaited conclusion to The Giver.
 
“Claire’s story stands on its own, but as the final volume in this iconic quartet, it holistically reunites characters, reprises provocative socio-political themes, and offers a transcending message of tolerance and hope.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About The Author

Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She has received countless honors, among them the Newbery Medal for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver, the first novel in the Giver Quartet. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on October 26, 2023

Every story has to end sometime. Claire lives within the safety of the Community, and like everyone, without any kind of emotions, or pain. At the tender age of fourteen she is assigned the life role of Birth Mother, and by artificial insemination delivers a beautiful baby boy. When because birth......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on June 02, 2021

2.5 stars I'm done. I'm so done right now. This one dragggggged. The answers we've been waiting for since book 1 were never truly given and we were forced to watch (yet another) set of side characters become the mains. This time we follow Claire - a birth mother from Jonas's original city. Much like J......more

Goodreads review by Donna on October 22, 2012

This book did everything I wanted it to do. It wrapped up three other books into one story. Book one, The Giver, was suggested to me for reading by my son after he was required to read it for middle school language arts class. I enjoyed the book and the book discussion with my son. He was certain th......more

Goodreads review by Carol on November 16, 2012

Too pat...and the math doesn't add up! I was disappointed. I had found "The Giver" to be a thought-provoking, well-written book -- especially Lowry's portrayal of a community of chilling banality and the ambiguous ending -- and I was hoping to see this world flushed out in her subsequent books. (Warn......more

Goodreads review by mark on March 29, 2019

There is a lovely story in Son, all about a girl who has forgotten her traumatic past, slowly finding herself and redefining herself at a leisurely pace in a small and very rural coastal village. I was enchanted by this deliberately reflective middle section. Lowry's talents were in full bloom: a pa......more