Future Home of the Living God

To close to Handmaid's Tale? Maybe, but I think the idea at the centre of Handmaid's Tale can handle more than one author's approach. And, most importantly (to me) it kept me completely engaged through 2, almost back-to-back, plane rides.

The evo-bio stuff was interesting, although I was unclear how her heritage fit into the pregnancy (and the resulting child) – I suspect that was left deliberately vague, but I couldn't quite sort out Erdrich's perspective on biology/evolution and culture that would be interesting to trace through the book.

Lots of stuff on writing and creating that kind of floats through that book without really connecting to the main narrative.