![]() ![]() ![]() Three weeks after giving birth, Claire reports to the birthing unit office and is reassigned to work at the Fish Hatchery. She gives birth to her child at 14, but complications during delivery necessitate birth by Cesarean section. ![]() At the beginning of the novel, Claire is nearing the end of her pregnancy. Claire's assigned occupation in the community is Birth Mother by artificial insemination, and her primary responsibility is to give birth. Son is written in three parts, each with a subtitle: Before, Between, and Beyond.īefore takes place in the same location, "The Community," and at approximately the same time as The Giver. Son received mostly positive reviews from critics. The novel explores themes of love, obligation, sacrifice, and loss. Claire, obsessed with finding her son, embarks on a journey out of the community in an attempt to follow and find him. The story follows Claire, the birth mother of Gabriel, who was marked for "release" in The Giver before being taken out of the community by Jonas. The fourth and final book in The Giver Quartet, the story takes place during and after the first book in the series, The Giver. ![]() Son is a 2012 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry. ![]()
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