The Unit (edit title)

Carolyn W edited the characters of The Unit 4 days ago.

• Edited the description of Dorrit: The first person narrator, protagonist, and main charactercharacter.
• Edited the description of Johannes: the man who becomes Dorrit's boyfriend in the UnitUnit.
• Edited the description of Majken: Dorrit's first friend in the Unit who makes her final donation shortly after Dorrit arrivesarrives.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Majken: anAn artist and one of Dorrit's first friends in the UnitUnit.
• Edited the description of Elsa: A friend of Dorrit's from elementary school who arrives in the Unit at the same time as Dorrit. She worked in a shoe store and was an amateur diver prior to coming to the Unit.school. She becomes a lesbian couple with Vivi.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Elsa: A friend of Dorrit's from elementary school who arrives in the Unit at the same time as Dorrit. Sheworked in a shoe store and was an amateur diver prior to coming to the Unit.
• Edited the description of Potter: An orderly whose partner is expecting twins and who wearwears Harry Potter style glasses.
• Added the description of Jock: Dorrit's dog, whom she had to give away before coming to the Unit.
• marked the description of Jock as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Siv: Dorrit's older sister, who came to the Unit and died before Dorrit arrives there.
• marked the description of Siv as not a spoiler

Carolyn W edited the characters of The Unit 4 days ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Dorrit: first person narrator, protagonist, and main character
• marked the description of Dorrit as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Johannes: the man who becomes Dorrit's boyfriend in the Unit
• Added the spoiler-free description of Johannes: A novelist and a man in the Unit.
• marked the description of Johannes as a spoiler
• Added the description of Majken: Dorrit's first friend in the Unit who makes her final donation shortly after Dorrit arrives
• Added the spoiler-free description of Majken: an artist and one of Dorrit's first friends in the Unit
• marked the description of Majken as a spoiler
• Added the description of Elsa: A friend of Dorrit's from elementary school who arrives in the Unit at the same time as Dorrit. She worked in a shoe store and was an amateur diver prior to coming to the Unit. She becomes a lesbian couple with Vivi.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Elsa: A friend of Dorrit's from elementary school who arrives in the Unit at the same time as Dorrit. She worked in a shoe store and was an amateur diver prior to coming to the Unit.
• marked the description of Elsa as a spoiler
• Added the description of Kjell: The grumpy librarian in the Unit.
• marked the description of Kjell as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Vivi: Elsa's girlfriend and Kjell's replacement as librarian.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Vivi: A beautiful woman and a new arrival to the Unit.
• marked the description of Vivi as a spoiler
• Added the description of Potter: An orderly whose partner is expecting twins and who wear Harry Potter style glasses.
• marked the description of Potter as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Alice: A friend of Dorrit's in the unit who dies of Alzheimer's.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Alice: A friend of Dorrit's.
• marked the description of Alice as a spoiler

Kevin approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 4 books, including The Unit, Monday, November 23 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of The Unit Sunday, November 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ninni Holmqvist: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray edited the awards of The Unit Saturday, November 21 2009.

• Added an award: Amazon.com's Best Books
• Added category of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books Editors' Picks
• Added year of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books 2009
• Added month of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books November
• Added ranking of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books 22

Timothy Gray edited the contributors of The Unit Saturday, November 21 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ninni Holmqvist: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 4 books, including The Unit, Saturday, November 21 2009.

Keith P edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Unit Thursday, September 3 2009.

• Added: Men over 60, women over 50 without family or important jobs are "dispensible" and farmed for biological material.

Shelfari edited the description of The Unit Saturday, August 1 2009.

• One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, enjoy the state of the art recreation facilities, and live the few remaining days of her life in comfort with people who are just like her. Here, women over the age of fifty and men over sixty–single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries–are sequestered for their final few years; they are considered outsiders. In the Unit they are expected to contribute themselves for drug and psychological testing, and ultimately donate their organs, little by little, until the final donation. Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others, and Dorrit finds herself living under very pleasant conditions: well-housed, well-fed, and well-attended. She is resigned to her fate and discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, and…well, then what? THE UNIT is a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of an experiment, in which the “dispensable” ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the “necessary” ones. Ninni Holmqvist has created a debut novel of humor, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care. From the Trade Paperback edition.