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Hancock nodded. \u201cAmerica is in trouble. She is everything you have been told. She is a nation ordained by God, she\u2019s the city on a hill. She\u2019s 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.\u201d \u201cWhat has this to do with the eclipse?\u201d<\/p>\n

John asked again, his voice sharper than before. Hancock held up his hand to John while addressing George directly. \u201cShe 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.\u201d \u201cWhat trouble is there?\u201d George asked him. \u201cAre we at war again?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Hancock said without hesitation. \u201cWe are at war for our nation\u2019s soul.\u201d \u201cSome of what you boys have been taught is not the whole truth,\u201d Mother said, reaching out her hand across the table to put it on top of Tom\u2019s. \u201cI would never have lied to you if it was not required of me by God and country,\u201d she said, impassioned.<\/p>\n

Her cheeks were rosy. \u201cI hope that you believe me about that.\u201d Ben\u2019s face was avid. \u201cTom\u2019s right, isn\u2019t he? Ptolemy is right. We are not living in the year 1750.\u201d \u201cWe have a right to the truth,\u201d George said gently. \u201cAt least give us that.\u201d \u201cAt least stop insulting our intelligence,\u201d Tom said. \u201cWe know several things we have been told are lies.<\/p>\n

Basic premises about our existence seem incompatible with reality.\u201d \u201cEverything,\u201d John said. \u201cWe need to know everything.\u201d \u201cJohn,\u201d Ben said quietly. \u201cPatience.\u201d \u201cOne thing at a time,\u201d Hancock said. \u201cYes,\u201d Tom agreed, nodding. \u201cOne thing. The thing we asked about is the calendar.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s . . . not the best place to start,\u201d Hancock said with some difficulty. \u201cPerhaps we should start with our mother\u2019s past liaisons with men who were not her husband,\u201d John said, his voice a bit too loud.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn!\u201d Mother\u2019s voice was like a slap. \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d \u201cYes, John,\u201d Ben said through gritted teeth. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d John pushed back from the table and stood up out of his chair. \u201cI am tired of this charade. There is nothing to be gained here by practicing diplomacy with a charlatan and a harlot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cFoundling Fathers is an American revelation. Meg Elison is a singular, incisive wit (at least until they clone her).\u201d \u2014Charlie Jane Anders, author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster \u201cRelentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I\u2019d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.\u201d \u2014Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me \u201cAudaciously funny and painfully accurate (not something I ever thought I\u2019d say about cloning the leaders of the American evolution). In Foundling Fathers, Elison sends up our nation\u2019s flawed history and fervent mythologizing with creativity and wit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Samantha Mills, multiple award\u2013winning author of The Wings Upon Her Back \u201cWith 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\u2019t stop to consider if they should.\u201d \u2014Stina Leicht, author of Persephone Station \u201cThis is exactly the kind of preposterous shit I would expect if cloning became more widely available, which is both sad and hilarious.<\/p>\n

This book absolutely hooked me in about two pages.\u201d \u2014Powder & Page \u201cA 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.\u201d \u2014Auston Habershaw, author of If Wishes Were Retail \u201cIn there with the political satire and the pitch-perfect 18th-century diction is a moving story of found family and four \u2018brothers\u2019 whose quirky brilliance does not get in the way of their being engagingly human.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint \u201cFoundling Fathers is deftly hilarious. You will be tempted to read page after page, chapter after chapter. Do not resist!\u201d \u2014Eileen Gunn, author of Stable Strategies and Others \u201cFoundling 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.\u201d \u2014David 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.<\/p>\n

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