{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"The Family Experiment","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/the-family-experiment","description":"\u0026#39;John Marrs is a writer at the top of his game and The Family Experiment is his best yet. Frighteningly plausible, gripping, dark, and so clever.\u0026#39; - Claire Douglas, author of The Woman Who LiedSome families are virtually perfect . . . The world\u0026#39;s population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them.But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby . . .Set in the same universe as John Marrs\u0026#39;s bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate \u0026#39;tamagotchi\u0026#39; - a virtual baby.\u0026#39;An unsettling and immersive roller coaster which hurtles towards a chilling denouement - a truly thought-provoking, single-sitting thriller. Loved it. \u0026#39; - Ellery Lloyd, author of The Club\u0026#39;The Family Experiment is an eerie and darkly addictive thriller that will have your mind whirling throughout.\u0026#39; - Culturefly","author_name":"John Marrs","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/john-marrs","thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/edition/31225235/4e8a85a40bfaa4c7b6e859acfaf6ba3aff0f8457.jpeg","thumbnail_width":325,"thumbnail_height":500}