| California Contributor(s): Lepucki, Edan (Author), Galvin, Emma (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1478903228 ISBN-13: 9781478903222 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.57 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable despite the isolation and hardships they face. Consumed by fear of the future and mourning for a past they can't reclaim, they seek comfort and solace in one another. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Terrified of the unknown but unsure of their ability to raise a child alone, Cal and Frida set out for the nearest settlement, a guarded and paranoid community with dark secrets. These people can offer them security, but Cal and Frida soon realize this community poses its own dangers. In this unfamiliar world, where everything and everyone can be perceived as a threat, the couple must quickly decide whom to trust.A gripping and provocative debut novel by a stunning new talent, California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future, in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and irrepressible resilience force us to question how far we will go to protect the ones we love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Galvin, Emma: - Emma Galvin has won the 2011 Audie Award for best fiction narration, been a finalist for the Audie Award in 2012, and won seven AudioFile Earphones Awards for her narrations. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, is an actress whose film appearances include My Suicidal Sweetheart, A Perfect Fit, and The Big Bad Swim. She has performed in several regional theater productions, including Love Punky, The Power of Birds, and The Realm. Lepucki, Edan: -Edan Lepucki is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her short fiction has been published in Narrative Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Meridian, FiveChapters, and McSweeney's, among others. She is a staff writer for The Millions and teaches creative writing at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and for Writing Workshops Los Angeles, which she founded. |