From Stonewall Honoree Cory McCarthy, a joyful, affectionate, read-in-one-sitting post-apocolyptic novel about letting go of the things we canтАЩt change and holding on to the passion of our instincts.
тШЕ тАЬSimultaneously tragic, existentially terrifying, heartwarming, and sensual."тАФKirkus, starred review
On the far side of a swift and unknowable apocalypse, a few sapiens are surviving off the last scraps of humanity. No longer recognizable as Cape Cod, the dunes of their archipelago are empty apart from regrets and ruinsтАФuntil West blows in like a storm.
West is a prophet of instinct, the last amateur anthropologist, ever aware of being present in life. He canтАЩt help but move through AniтАЩs rage, KarenтАЩs anxiety, and EmilтАЩs immense longing with curiosity and care. WestтАЩs unbridled love and grief challenge the survivors to defy extinction with the most beautifully human thing imaginable: a family.
He may even impress Death.
тШЕ "Evokes Francesca Lia Block.... Give this to fans of Marcus Sedgwick, Margaret AtwoodтАЩs MaddAddam Trilogy, and The Last of Us."тАФSLJ, starred review
From Stonewall Honoree Cory McCarthy, a joyful, affectionate, read-in-one-sitting post-apocolyptic novel about letting go of the things we canтАЩt change and holding on to the passion of our instincts.
тШЕ тАЬSimultaneously tragic, existentially terrifying, heartwarming, and sensual."тАФKirkus, starred...