Foundling Fathers – Meg Elison

Hancock nodded. “America is in trouble. She is everything you have been told. She is a nation ordained by God, she’s the city on a hill. She’s the model to the whole world of what democracy and prosperity can do for people, regardless of their birth. She is the torch of liberty, burning bright for all to see.” “What has this to do with the eclipse?”

John asked again, his voice sharper than before. Hancock held up his hand to John while addressing George directly. “She is in need of the leadership of great men. Men who did not grow up subject to her fallen state, who were not nurtured in the ruins of her ideals.” “What trouble is there?” George asked him. “Are we at war again?”

“Yes,” Hancock said without hesitation. “We are at war for our nation’s soul.” “Some of what you boys have been taught is not the whole truth,” Mother said, reaching out her hand across the table to put it on top of Tom’s. “I would never have lied to you if it was not required of me by God and country,” she said, impassioned.

Her cheeks were rosy. “I hope that you believe me about that.” Ben’s face was avid. “Tom’s right, isn’t he? Ptolemy is right. We are not living in the year 1750.” “We have a right to the truth,” George said gently. “At least give us that.” “At least stop insulting our intelligence,” Tom said. “We know several things we have been told are lies.

Basic premises about our existence seem incompatible with reality.” “Everything,” John said. “We need to know everything.” “John,” Ben said quietly. “Patience.” “One thing at a time,” Hancock said. “Yes,” Tom agreed, nodding. “One thing. The thing we asked about is the calendar.” “That’s . . . not the best place to start,” Hancock said with some difficulty. “Perhaps we should start with our mother’s past liaisons with men who were not her husband,” John said, his voice a bit too loud.

“John!” Mother’s voice was like a slap. “What are you talking about?” “Yes, John,” Ben said through gritted teeth. “What are you doing?” John pushed back from the table and stood up out of his chair. “I am tired of this charade. There is nothing to be gained here by practicing diplomacy with a charlatan and a harlot.”

“Foundling Fathers is an American revelation. Meg Elison is a singular, incisive wit (at least until they clone her).” —Charlie Jane Anders, author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.” —Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me “Audaciously funny and painfully accurate (not something I ever thought I’d say about cloning the leaders of the American evolution). In Foundling Fathers, Elison sends up our nation’s flawed history and fervent mythologizing with creativity and wit.”

—Samantha Mills, multiple award–winning author of The Wings Upon Her Back “With the great Foundling Fathers, Meg Elison delivers a satirical tale of arrogant billionaires so preoccupied with their attempt to re-create a mythical something (or in this case someones), they didn’t stop to consider if they should.” —Stina Leicht, author of Persephone Station “This is exactly the kind of preposterous shit I would expect if cloning became more widely available, which is both sad and hilarious.

This book absolutely hooked me in about two pages.” —Powder & Page “A brilliant and timely premise that she weaves into a compelling tale that both unravels the founding mythology of the United States but somehow also gives me hope.” —Auston Habershaw, author of If Wishes Were Retail “In there with the political satire and the pitch-perfect 18th-century diction is a moving story of found family and four ‘brothers’ whose quirky brilliance does not get in the way of their being engagingly human.”

—Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint “Foundling Fathers is deftly hilarious. You will be tempted to read page after page, chapter after chapter. Do not resist!” —Eileen Gunn, author of Stable Strategies and Others “Foundling Fathers combines a diabolically clever idea with a delightful style and engaging characters. Meg Elison has produced a sly meditation on greatness, American politics, and the very notion of national hagiography.” —David Liss, author of The Peculiarities OceanofPDF.com ALSO BY MEG ELISON The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (2014) The Book of Etta (2017) The Book of Flora (2019) Big Girl (2020) Find Layla: A Novel (2020) Number One Fan (2022) OceanofPDF.com A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER ABOUT PIRACY Dear Reader, Thank you so much for purchasing this digital copy.

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