The a Novel Brooks-Dalton, Lily 1987- creator author. text bibliography novel Apocalyptic fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Bildungsromans. nyu 2022 First edition. monographic eng

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vii, 325 pages ; 24 cm. "A luminous and wrenching portrait of a frighteningly possible future, The Light Pirate is a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world (Booklist, starred review). 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. Told in four parts--power, water, light, and time--The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness" Provided by the publusher, Lily Brooks-Dalton. "Good Morning America book club" -- Jacket cover. Includes bibliographical references. n-us-fl Hurricanes Fiction Missing persons Fiction Climactic changes Fiction Families Fiction Childbirth Fiction Florida Fiction PS3602.R64557 L54 2022 813/.6 9781538708279 2022004498 DLC 220223 20250529120358.0 1300754475 eng