Author

Publication

2018 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

58,750 words, Guess

Page Count

235 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Better World Books9781628728835

Classifications

  • LCCPS3602.A8338 C58 2018
  • LCCPS3602

Description

"In a near future where climate change has severely affected weather and agriculture, the North End of an unnamed city has long been abandoned in favor of the neighboring South End. Aside from the scavengers steadily stripping the empty city to its bones, only a few thousand people remain, content to live quietly among the crumbling metropolis. Many, like the narrator, are there to try to escape the demons of their past. He spends his time observing and recording the decay around him, attempting to bury memories of what he has lost. But it eventually becomes clear that things are unraveling elsewhere as well, as strangers, violent and desperate alike, begin to appear in the North End, spreading word of social and political deterioration in the South End and beyond. Faced with a growing disruption to his isolated life, the narrator discovers within himself a surprising need to resist losing the home he has created in this empty place. He and the rest of the citizens of the North End must choose whether to face outsiders as invaders or welcome them as neighbors."--Jacket flap.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The city where we once lived2018

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!