Title:We Are Unprepared
Author:Meg Little Reilly
Published:August 2016, MIRA
Format:Paperback, 352 pages
We Are Unprepared is a
novel about the next big storm, the one that changes our relationship
to nature and each other…the superstorm that threatens to destroy a
marriage, a rural Vermont town and the Eastern Seaboard when it hits.
But the destruction begins months earlier, when fear infects people’s
lives and spreads like a plague.Ash and Pia’s move from
Brooklyn to the bucolic hills of Vermont was supposed to be a fresh
start—a picturesque farmhouse, mindful lifestyle, maybe even children.
But just three months in, news breaks of a devastating superstorm
expected in the coming months. Fear of the impending disaster divides
their tight-knit rural town and exposes the chasms in Ash and Pia’s
marriage. Ash seeks common ground with those who believe in working
together for the common good. Pia teams up with “preppers” who want to
go off the grid and war with the rest of the locals over whom to trust
and how to protect themselves. Where Isole had once been a town of old
farm families, yuppie transplants and beloved rednecks, they divide into
paranoid preppers, religious fanatics and government tools.We
Are Unprepared is an emotional journey, a terrifying glimpse into the
human, environmental and cultural costs of our changing earth. But hope
awaits on the other side.
What readers are saying:
“Timely and terrifying.” –Publishers Weekly
“We Are Unprepared
might be in the vanguard of tales that deal with the consequences of
human-caused climate change. As such, it is an admirable example of the
genre.” –BookPage
“Part environmental thriller, part exploration
of marriage, this novel reveals the psychological storm that lies
underneath the tranquil New England façade ready to sweep us into tribal
life.” ––Joseph Monninger, award-winning author of Eternal on the Water
“Any book group will have lots to discuss here.” –Library Journal
“Frightening, fascinating, all too possible.” –Paula Treick DeBoard, author of The Drowning Girls
“Reilly
shows the costs of ignoring major problems- whether in a marriage,
government, infrastructure, or the environment.” –Booklist
“Reilly gives us one heckuva ride… Cli-fi novels don’t get much better than this.”–Dan Bloom, The Cli-Fi Report
This
terrifying glance into the relentless power of one superstorm…will
send a literary jolt through any reader’s imagination.”–Redbook
“An emotional and captivating journey.”–Buzzfeed
“An entertainingly delicious read that doubles as a sociology class.” –PopSugar
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