Vanishing World Barbara Irwin Sometimes you get a second

Sometimes you get a second chance at happily ever after when you least expect it

discovered blossoming desires that tumbled into a powerful obsession

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the consequences of this rupture are just beginning

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Vanishing World Barbara Irwin Sometimes you get a secondBy: Sayaka Murata Published by Grove Press, 2026 04 14 From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial insemination Sayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x raying our contemporary