City Where We Once Lived | 
pickAn unnamed protagonist introduces us to a small group of unnamed people living in an unnamed city devastated by climate change. The writing is vivid while the story is bleak and unnerving yet a little bit hopeful.
(Background: a yawning Bailey and a bunch of my grandbaby's Halloween decorations 😁)
This was my #DoubleSpin for October @TheAromaofBooks
pickClimate disaster, industrial pollution, humanity exercising violence, whilst this near future novel is not brimming with positivity there‘s a sense of hope in community, a sense of future in working together. This unnamed city, with its unnamed cast of characters are universal representations of pockets of our world, multiplying as we speak. It's incredibly visual - & the voice of the narrator is deeply effecting. A bleak - but well crafted read!
Just started this today - really enjoying the setting. It‘s very ‘Gilead-like‘ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
🙌🏼🙌🏼Puppy is having an unexpected second sleep this morning so I‘m going with the flow and diving into a new book 🙌🏼🙌🏼. Can‘t wait to start @Come-read-with-me
pickA city lies in ruins after decades of neglect, yet people flock there for solitude in a dying world. Rain and flooding due to severe climate change have left the North End disconnected from the remaining South End. As much a story about human nature as climate change, I was taken aback by this haunting slow paced book with anonymous characters that could be anyone we know. Beautifully written!
pickWhy had I not heard about this book before? Wow, beautifully written, so human, so thought provoking. Wonderfully creative.
Drum lessons with this hard hitting, quietly powerful paragraph. It seems that money is scarce so rather than build up areas of the city in need, people are encouraged to simply move on. I like a postapocalyptic story without zombies. Scary, though... real scary... ☠
https://bookriot.com/2018/10/19/post-apocalyptic-books-2018?utm_source=Sailthru&...
Which also reminds me... #SFMBC'ers, your next ship date is in 10 days!!
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