Slow River (1997)
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Lore Van Oesterling is the heir to a family that makes bioengineered waste-treatment bacteria. After a failed kidnapping she wakes up naked in an alley, her identity implant cut out. A data thief named Spanner takes her in and teaches her to build a life under a new name.
Years later, working at a sewage plant, she must decide whether to stay hidden or to go back and confront her family. A near-future novel of identity, survival and technology, told in three timelines, that won the Nebula and Lambda awards.
About the author
Griffith, Nicola
Nicola Griffith is a British-American novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award (twice), Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, World Fantasy Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and six Lambda Literary Awards. In 2024 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2025, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Griffith
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