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Finalist for the Lambda Literary award for lesbian fiction "She'd told herself, and her husband Tom, that she was coming to rescue Vicky. And she was. She would. She'd been rescuing her sister her entire life. But she'd never done anything remotely this extreme. She knew the region had been evacuated, and yet somehow hadn't pictured everyone literally gone. . .The stark, devastated landscape heightened all her senses, as if her fear made the colors deeper, the smells headier, the sounds crisper. She couldn't give in to the terror; if shedid, it might never end. She had no choice but to finish what she'd begun." A devastating earthquake has just hit the San Francisco Bay Area, cutting off the outside world completely. When Lily decides to fly from Nebraska to California and make the treacherous journey into the Bay Area to find her sister, she knows she's headed for a disaster zone, but nothing prepares her for what she finds. Those who survived and didn't evacuate are making shelters, running meals programs, rigging their own technologies--and redefining the very meaning of community. Lily bands together with a couple of feral kids, a steadfast activist, and a bonobo researcher, among others, to forge a new life. A piercing, unforgettable story of hope in the face of crisis,The Evolution of Love asks what does it take for people to come together, what dangers must they fend off in their bid for survival, and what lengths will they go to rebuild home. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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it feels like a post-apocalyptic book, but it's really just a post-natural disaster book that is actually quite realistic. if the infrastructure collapses, what remains, and what do people rebuild, and how do they organize? it's probably similar to a lot of post-apocalypse books in this, but i really liked the philosophy and science thrown in here. plus there's betrayal and trauma and loneliness and connection. some of the questions that come up about survival are pertinent with the climate changing the way it is, and mirror discussions i've had in my own life. so it felt realistic. the crux, though, and what the title refers to, more globally - if both violence and compassion are natural to humans, maybe we make love and altruism the successful traits in passing on to offspring, and we actually evolve love. and then more personally - the main character has to change her idea of what love is, from safety in comfort to maybe something more powerful, even if a little unknown.
she covers a lot here, and i think she does it well. it's not super-ambitious, but it's not as straightforward a story as it seems at first, either. i liked just about everything she did and i was willing to let her take me anywhere because the writing is so good.
"'...anyway, I've begun to believe that the best thing that could happen, certainly for the planet, but maybe even for humanity, is our extinction. Or near extinction, anyway. We've made a mess of this planet. Maybe recovery is only possible without us.'"
"Two lines, long parentheses, enclosed his mouth, like his smile would be a secret."
"'I love stories. Sometimes I think they might be the only thing that can save a culture.'" ( )