![]() "This thrilling and thoughtful debut novel by Edan Lepucki follows a young married couple navigating dangers both physical and emotional in a wild, mysterious post-collapse America. ![]() Read it, and prepare yourself." -Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply By turns funny and heartbreaking, scary and tender, beautifully written and compulsively page-turning, this is a book that will haunt me, and that I'll be thankful to return to in the years to come. "Stunning and brilliant novel, which is a wholly original take on the post-apocalypse genre, an end-of-the-world we've never seen before and yet is uncomfortably believable and recognizable. The final eighty pages of this book gripped me as much as any fictional denouement I've encountered in recent years.I firmly believe that Edan Lepucki is on the cusp of a long, strong career in American letters." -Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk "An expansive, full-bodied and masterful narrative of humans caught in the most extreme situations, with all of our virtues and failings on full display: courage, cowardice, trust, betrayal, honor and expedience. "In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities." -Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "Noteworthy.Lepucki's debut is an inventive take on the post-apocalyptic novel, about a couple who moves from an isolated existence in the wilderness to a guarded community that, they soon realize, harbors terrifying secrets and unforseen dangers." -Laura Pearson, Time Out Chicago "Edan Lepucki's first novel comes steeped in Southern California literary tradition.One thinks of Steve Erickson or Cynthia Kadohata, or Carolyn See, whose 1987 novel Golden Days ends with the nuclear holocaust." -David L. 30 books you NEED to read in 2014." - Huffington Post "In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities."-Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon SquadĪn NPR Best Book of 2014 "Rewarding. In this unfamiliar world, where everything and everyone can be perceived as a threat, the couple must quickly decide whom to trust.Ī gripping and provocative debut novel by a stunning new talent, California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future, in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience force us to question how far we will go to protect the ones we love. These people can offer them security, but Cal and Frida soon realize this community poses dangers of its own. Terrified of the unknown and unsure of their ability to raise a child alone, Cal and Frida set out for the nearest settlement, a guarded and paranoid community with dark secrets. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them.
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