{"product_id":"2940046400946","title":"The License","description":"\u003cp\u003eClimate change has brought an end to liberal democracy and ushered in a bureaucratic totalitarianism as a means of managing the dwindling resources of the planet. In 2054, everything is regulated, from the safety ratings of households to who can live with whom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Croft, an adminocrat working with the Bureau of Parenting, Marriages and Dying, issues - amongst other things - parenting licenses. Claire Monet is a young woman, desperate to have a child before she is deemed too old: twenty-six being the maximum age at which a parenting license will be issued to a woman. When Richard and Claire meet it is deviousness that endures, not rules and regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe License is a short and light-hearted sketch of a world we may possibly face in the not-too-distant future: a world utterly shrouded in paperwork and bound by red tape, but where human nature - as we have always known it - still triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Myfanwy Tilley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067790082288,"sku":"2940046400946","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046400946_p0.jpg?v=1763692134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046400946","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}