
The New Wilderness
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Narrated by:
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Stacey Glemboski
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By:
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Diane Cook
A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year • Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
“More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced — a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New Wilderness is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children.” (Washington Post)
"5 of 5 stars. Gripping, fierce, terrifying examination of what people are capable of when they want to survive in both the best and worst ways. Loved this." (Roxane Gay via Twitter)
Margaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel of a mother's battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change. A prescient and suspenseful book from the author of the acclaimed story collection, Man V. Nature.
Bea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now.
Bea, Agnes, and 18 others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment to see if humans can exist in nature without destroying it. Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, they slowly and painfully learn to survive in an unpredictable, dangerous land, bickering and battling for power and control as they betray and save one another. But as Agnes embraces the wild freedom of this new existence, Bea realizes that saving her daughter’s life means losing her in a different way. The farther they get from civilization, the more their bond is tested in astonishing and heartbreaking ways.
At once a blazing lament of our contempt for nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood and what it means to be human, The New Wilderness is an extraordinary novel from a one-of-a-kind literary force.
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Wow!
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Story and plot line were fairly weak and wandering. Started off well. Concept was good but author just could not pull it all together to make a compelling or complete story
So so
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Horrifying
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Mesmerizing story, and superb reading.
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Every minute was worth it
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A Triumph
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Just what I wanted
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Looking forward to reviewing it at book club
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I’m not quite finished with it. I’m now just completing it make sure I don’t miss something poignant.
None of the characters were likable nor endearing. The story feels repetitive without any real meat.
When I think about it, this is story is very close to life for most people, uneventful.
I just wish there was one character I felt anything for. All of their personalities were very dry.
Meh is right.
No real point
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Dystopian Twist
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