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The Pink Parent

The pink parent is a ebook by author R.J Lowking that was publish exclusively for the digital market. It was originally published in September 2013 but was quickly pulled from the Amazon site. In early December 2013, the ebook was made available on the Amazon sites, via the kindle direct self publishing platform.

R.J Lowking

Nothing is known about the author but it appears this is his/her first book and ebook. His/ her intentions for writing the story have been displayed on the product information page and gives readers and explanation as to the motivations for writing the story. (see themes)

The plot

The story is centred around James and his escape from the hands of his abusive partner, Adrian, but not before he enacts his retribution. James's friend sash

Themes

The themes that come to prominence are: emotional abuse in same sex relationships and surrogacy. The book indirectly highlighted the ease of surrogacy in developing nations and its exploitation. The subject of the unregulated surrogacy industry in the developing world and its expoitation have have recently been subject to academic review[1]

[1] Shetty P. (2012) India's unregulated surrogacy industry, the Lancet, volume 380, issue 9845, 10-12 November 2012, pages 1633-34.