Either of them! Stan is spineless and whines as much as you did when you were seven. First off, you will not like either of the two main characters. Soon the pressures of conformity, mistrust, guilt and sexual desire begin to take over.Īnd boy does this only scratch the surface of it. But then, unknown to each other, Stan and Charmaine develop passionate obsessions with their ‘Alternates,’ the couple that occupy their house when they are in prison. All they have to do in return for suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month – swapping their home for a prison cell. So, when they see an advertisement for Consilience, a ‘social experiment’ offering stable jobs and a home of their own, they sign up immediately. Living in their car, surviving on tips, Charmaine and Stan are in a desperate state. The synopsis of The Heart Goes Last, by Margaret Atwood: You will be shocked, disgusted and then will do a double take due to the hilarity of the situation these pathetic characters find themselves in. For this month’s Book Club selection, we went with The Heart Goes Last, the bestselling 2015 novel by Margaret Atwood.
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