Title | California
a novel |
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Author | Edan Lepucki |
Publication | Little, Brown |
Size | 393p |
Language | ENG |
ISBN | 9780316250818 |
Topics |
American fiction--Science fiction American fiction--Dystopian Post-apocalyptic world--Fiction |
Notes | Frida Ellis and Calvin Friedman are young lovers who, having fled a nearly-destroyed Los Angeles, are living in an abandoned house in Northern California as subsistence foragers and farmers. Wealthier survivors live in "Communities" with internet access, private security, and other luxuries. The couple leave their home when Frida discovers she is pregnant. They meet August, who works for a group called "the Spikes" and encourages the protagonists to abandon their former lives and seek the support of a community in which to raise their child. The couple struggle to decide whether or not to tell their new community about Frida's pregnancy which might sway a communal vote to determine if the couple should be allowed to stay. [wikipedia] |