by Jo Walton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781472115638
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«My Real Children» is the science fiction and fantasy novel by Jo Walton, published by Corsair in paperback (323 pages, in English).
Patricia Cowan, an elderly woman, remembers two lives: in one she marries Mark and has four children; in the other she is with Bee, raises three children and becomes a travel writer. Each reality leads to a different world, with divergent historical events. The novel alternates both lives and explores love, identity and the weight of decisions.
Winner of the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award and finalist for the World Fantasy, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst and Stonewall awards.
A work for readers of science fiction and alternate histories who prefer plots centered on characters and relationships, with an LGBT protagonist.
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award.
