Road Out of Winter
by Alison Stine
2020-12-29 21:53:15
2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick AwardA 2020 The Rumpus Book Club Selection âBlends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noirâ¦. Profoundly moving.ââLibrary Journal , starred review In an en...
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2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick AwardA 2020 The Rumpus Book Club Selection âBlends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noirâ¦. Profoundly moving.ââLibrary Journal , starred review In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and povertyâher family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now sheâs been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesnât return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cultâs volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. Urgent and poignant, Road Out of Winter is a glimpse of an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. With the gripping suspense of The Road and the lyricism of Station Eleven, Stineâs vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for where hope might take root. âRichly imagined, deeply moving and unthinkably offers hope in a world that uncannily resembles ours currently in the thick of COVID-19â¦. Gloriously well-written.â â Ms. Magazine
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