Margaret Atwood's latest novel will leave you terrified and rooting for her characters in a chilling and deceptive new world. Married couple Stan and Charmaine are living in their car after an economic and social collapse and dangerously susceptible to street gangs and violence, until they catch wind of The Positron Project, a place where everyone gets a clean house to live in . . . for half of the year. The catch is that every other month, residents must function as inmates at the local prison while other civilians take their place in their home for the month. But as Charmaine begins a relationship with the man who takes over their house while she and Stan live in the Positron prison, a series of events threaten Stan's life and turn the town from the answer to their prayers to a deadly nightmare.
