My Real Children

“Two period dramas . . . told through the science fictional conceit of alternate realities . . . All of this is rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty.” — The New York Times Book Review It's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. “Confused today,” read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don't seem possible. She remembers marrying Mark and having four children.