Claire agrees and is turned into an old woman, and her son, Gabriel 'Gabe', is located. Then, she meets an evil entity, Trademaster, which offers to take her to her son if she trades her youth. She is forced to climb a steep cliff up out of the valley. Once her memories return, Lame Einar is a man who trains her to be able to escape the village they are in. She is taken in by a midwife, Alys, while she tries to regain her memory, as she has suffered from temporary amnesia after the wreck. In Between, Claire is rescued from the beach on which the supply boat shipwrecked. Claire attempts to follow them on a supply boat, but it soon encounters a strong storm and is shipwrecked. Before she can do anything, her son is saved and taken away by Jonas, the protagonist from The Giver. Claire is told that Thirty-Six is going 'Elsewhere' for his failure to thrive according to the community's standards. As a Birth Mother, she was instructed not to take the pills, but the matter was overlooked in her reassignment. She later realizes that all adult community members take pills that suppress emotions. As she plays with Thirty-Six, she quickly grows to love him, a feeling she finds that she alone experiences.

After she leaves, she inquires after the baby she birthed, and the officer informs her that the baby is healthy and accidentally informs Claire that the child is male and number Thirty-Six in his year.Ĭlaire retains curiosity for her son as she begins work at the Fish Hatchery and begins casually volunteering at the infant nurturing center to see him. Three weeks after giving birth, Claire reports to the birthing unit office and is reassigned to work at the Fish Hatchery. She gives birth to her child at 14, but complications during delivery necessitate birth by Cesarean section. At the beginning of the novel, Claire is nearing the end of her pregnancy. Claire's assigned occupation in the community is Birth Mother by artificial insemination, and her primary responsibility is to give birth. Son is written in three parts, each with a subtitle: Before, Between, and Beyond.īefore takes place in the same location, 'The Community,' and at approximately the same time as The Giver.

Son received mostly positive reviews from critics. The novel explores themes of love, obligation, sacrifice, and loss. Claire, obsessed with finding her son, embarks on a journey out of the community in an attempt to follow and find him. The story follows Claire, the birth mother of Gabriel, who was marked for 'release' in The Giver before being taken out of the community by Jonas. The fourth and final book in The Giver Quartet, the story takes place during and after the first book in the series, The Giver. Son is a 2012 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry.

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