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In a climate-ravaged future, it’s not easy to grow up. One girl is trying her best in a story about global catastrophe and personal chaos, by the New York Times bestselling author of California. Thirteen-year-old Vic is of the Youngest Generation, fixed in prepubescence after a catastrophic environmental degradation. She’s also her father’s favorite student. But when he takes his own life, the perennially ingenuous Vic wants to understand why. As she sets out on her quest, Vic begins to learn that family isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you build. Edan Lepucki’s There’s No Place Like Home is part of Warmer, a collection of seven visions of a conceivable tomorrow by today’s most thought-provoking authors. Alarming, inventive, intimate, and frightening, each story can be read, or listened to, in a single breathtaking sitting.
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Headline: Will we face the reality or run from it?
Plot: After losing her father to suicide, Vic tries to navigate the loss and life in a warming world where she won't live long and healthy enough to become an adult.
Likes: I really liked the major discovery and plot twist in the story. We can connect to the main characters, their fate, and their suffering.
Dislikes: None.
Recommended audience: I think anyone who enjoys short stories will like this one. It might resonate closer with women.
Rating: I give it 5/5 stars, it's very well written.