Book description
“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland
“I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht’s prose. . . Read in the context of today’s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political…
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Finally. Finally(!) a post-apocalyptic book that is not depressing, and scary, and rage-inducing. This book is the literal opposite of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (I’m not knocking that book; it’s good, but this is better). I enjoyed Tea Obrecht’s first novel immensely and was thrilled to pick this up as an audiobook.
I was immediately charmed by the mother and daughter at the center of this novel and deeply invested in their journey in and around this strange version of New York City with its nesting cranes and underground pirate radio stations. This book made me hopeful about what might…
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