Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.
As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
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Lily Brooks-Dalton's first novel Good Morning, Midnight (Random House, 2016) has been translated into seventeen languages and is the inspiration for the film adaptation The Midnight Sky (Netflix, 2020). Her second novel, The Light Pirate, is forthcoming from Grand Central in December 2022. She is also the author of a memoir, Motorcycles I’ve Loved (Riverhead, 2015), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
My Thoughts...
This was not what I was thinking it was going to be and I was not even sure that I would enjoy this one. I have to say it was one that I did end up enjoying.
I hope that you will give this one a try.
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