Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

This is a wonderful book, sensitive and fun to read and somewhat unusual. Karl and I can't decide if the author's gender has something to do with the attention she pays to her characters' emotions and her avoidance of the "bam! crash!" action of a lot of sci-fi. Whatever the reason, Wilhelm's writing style is refreshing.

The novel starts as our normal existence is ending: people have finally poisoned themselves and the world enough that everything becomes sterile, including humans. A small group of people hatch a plan for temporarily building a clone society. The novel follows the psychological progress of the clone society. Lots of interesting writing about the relationships of family members, not so heavy on the post-apocalypse but it makes a great setting.