set in a parallel universe (carers, donors, guardians of secrecy, Madam's Gallery, weekly medical exams, Sales and Exchanges, limited access to the outside world, infertility, evidence in art, organ donation, training, possible, deferral); narration by association; central characters (Kathy, Tommy, Ruth, Miss Lucy, Miss Emily, Miss Geraldine, Madam);
PART I: Hailsham
Chapter 1: The Tommy TantrumChapter 2: The Lucy Solution
Chapter 3: The Madam Shudder
Chapter 4: The Ruth Encounter
Chapter 5: The Order of the Secret Guard
Chapter 6: Baby, Never Let Me Go
Chapter 7: The Donor Code
Chapter 8: The Lucy 22
Chapter 9: The Lucy Retreat
PART II: Cottages
Chapter 10: Ruth's Betrayal
Chapter 11: Kathy's Arousal
Chapter 12: Ruth's Possible
Chapter 12: Ruth's Possible
Chapter 13: Chrissie and Roddie's Curiosity
Chapter 14: Chrissie and Roddie's Betrayal
Chapter 15: Tommy's Theories
Chapter 16: Kathy's Helplessness
Chapter 17: Ruth's Amnesia
PART III: Carers and Donors
Chapter 18: Pair Rendezvous
Chapter 19: Car Conversation
Chapter 20: Intimacy Increment
Chapter 21: Madam Meet
Chapter 22: Project Failure
Chapter 23: Tommy Completion
