The Cloning of Joanna May

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An astonishing novel that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering.
Joanna May thought herself unique, indivisible until one day, to her hideous shock, she discovered herself to be five: though childless she was a mother; though an only child she was surrounded by sisters young enough to be her daughers Jane, Julie, Gina and Alice, the clones of Joanna May.

How will they withstand the shock of first meeting And what of the avenging Carl, Joannas former husband and the clones creator: will he take revenge for his wifes infidelity and destroy her sisters one by one

In this astonishing novel, Fay Weldon weaves a web of paradox quite awesome in its cunning. Probing into the strange world of genetic engineering, The Cloning of Joanna May raises frightening questions about our identity as individuals and provides some startling answers. Funny, serious, revolutionary, this is the work of a master storyteller at the height of her powers.

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The deadly accuracy of Fay Weldons psychology makes this bizarre tale a compulsive page-turner
Daily Mail

A triumph of complex entertainment
The Times

Author Bio

After hard times and odd jobs as a lone parent, Fay Weldon became one of the top advertising copywriters of her generation. She moved to TV drama (writing the pilot episode of the iconic series Upstairs, Downstairs) then turned to novels - including the classic The Life and Loves of a She Devil and The Cloning of Joanna May. A sequel to her acclaimed Love and Inheritance trilogy, Before the War, was published in 2017. Fay's been made a CBE for services to literature and she's currently a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.