Dans un futur proche, un virus a rendu infertiles toutes les personnes de plus de dix-huit ans, faisant des adolescents les membres les plus convoités de la société. Les futurs parents s'engagent dans de désespérées guerres d'enchères pour des 'contrats de conception' avec les filles les plus désirables. Cette vision futuriste de la grossesse adolescente explore avec acuité et humour les dilemmes éthiques, les changements sociétaux et les conflits personnels dans ce monde radicalement transformé. Les récits sont captivants, stimulants et effrayants de plausibilité.
In 2036 New Jersey, when teens are expected to become fanatically religious wives and mothers or high-priced surrogettes for couples made infertile by a widespread virus, sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony find in one another the courage to believe they have choices.
"Melody and Harmony are twins who were separated at birth and lived different lives - but who are each due to deliver sets of twins on the same day. In a future where only teens can "bump", or give birth, babies mean money, status, and freedom. Cursed by their own popularity, the girls are obsessively tracked by their millions of fans, who have been eagerly counting down the days to the births. Without a doubt they are two of the most powerful pregnant teens on the planet, and there's only one thing they could do that would make them more famous than they already are - tell the truth"--Jacket.