Book description
The âsensuous and evocativeâ debut of the Nebula Awardâwinning author of Waking the Moon: A dystopian journey through a world unburdened by moral taboos (Library Journal).
 Set in the surreal, post-apocalyptic City of Trees, Winterlong centers on Wendy Wanders, a girl who can tap into the dreams and emotions ofâŚ
Why read it?
1 author picked Winterlong as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Handâs sentences are always beautiful, and this novel, her first, is dense with new ideas and original imagery. She evokes a bizarre future in a post-apocalyptic city where twins go on a hallucinogenic quest. Reads like a somewhat disturbing mythology. Gods and talking animals, autistic prophets, feral children, and death is personified. Unforgettable.
From Brent's list on sci-fi able to stand toe to toe with any genre.
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