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Margarett Ann Shriver She changed her name to Lionel when she was a teenager but she's clearly heterosexual. It's funny that her last name which she didn't change, sounds like writer in German, and she's a succesful writer. Born to a Christian Democrat family from North Carolina she renounced her faith, country and name and became not only an expat, but an archetypical expat. I got to know her after watching 'We need to talk about Kevin' mainly because I have a crush on the leading role, Tilda Swinton (Orlando, Julia, The Deep End, I am Love) The film disturbed me but left me itching... so I read the novel. I have to say that it is pretty rare that a novel and a film complement each other soooooo well. The film adaptation was done by Lynnie Ramsey whom I deeply from my gut, dislike. The story is about a succesful woman who barely approaching the ticking clock choses to have a child. It is a very conscious, premeditated decision. After birth, she doesn't connect with her child, and the rest of the novel (besides the very funny and thrilling spoilers) deals about the surrogatory role of a mother, and the altruism it entails. The protagonist can't tolerate that, but she feels somewhat guilty for it. excerpt I am doing Lionel Shriver a dis-service by describing this novel so poorly, but I am convinced this good material for Objectivists as we are able to see inside the mind of an altruist who is genuinely and honestly conflicted by the reality of individual life. This theme is explored in other novels of her, particularly 'GAME CONTROL', a very good and fun novel about Demography, Population Control, and Africa. I want and need to share this author with Objectivists because her instinctive audience is very far from it as she's somewhat of a Liberal Icon. However she's a transgressor within her circle, and I think we could 'help her', although that's not the point. The point is sharing this astounding author who is cruelly honest in her self doubt and her doubt about Liberal or Left politics and ethics in general. Priceless.
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