7/6/2023 0 Comments Trashlands book![]() This painful, thought-provoking apocalypse noir fires on all cylinders. Stine draws on her personal experience of today’s Appalachia to craft a harrowing vision of the future, and at its center is the tug-of-war between what is right and what is necessary to survive. “You couldn’t be picky and live” in this rotting junkyard where women are treated as disposable and life comprises a heartbreaking miasma of hunger, yearning, ruthlessness, and compassion. Fall, a teacher who agrees to help Coral find her stolen son. Among the expansive cast are the good-hearted sex-workers Foxglove and Summer the vile Rattlesnake Master single mother Coral, a scavenger of plastic who makes eerie art out of garbage Coral’s lover, Trillium the idealistic reporter, Miami and the aging Mr. The sordid strip club Trashlands in flood-prone “Scrappalachia” serves as the narrative hub as the novel shifts through multiple characters’ recollections and struggles. ![]() ![]() 'A harrowing vision of the future, and at its center is the tug-of-war between what is right and what is necessary to survive. Dick Award winner Stine ( Road Out of Winter) sets this searing exploration of the lives of women who are mired in grinding poverty in a climate-ravaged near-future where plastic has become humanity’s only currency. Told in shifting perspectives, Trashlands is a beautifully drawn and wildly imaginative tale of a parent's journey, a story of community and humanity in a changed world. ![]()
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