This is a kind of post-apocalyptic novel, where the dreadful event is the catastrophic rising of seawaters, but it is actually hopeful. It's a slim book, so a fairly quick read.

And off it goes to emmejo for the wishlist tag game. Happy reading!

This just arrived, accompanied by a beautiful postcard and a handy BC release bag. Thank you!

I agree with bookfrogster that this is a surprisingly hopeful book, despite the grim events that fill it. I guess this book falls into a sort of ecological apocalypse category, featuring a sudden rise in water levels, set in a near-future.

The author makes the interesting choice to have the main character never give full names of the people she knows and meets, only their first initial. It is written in short, fragmented paragraphs, with a blunt, observational voice. At first I didn't care for the style, but after a few chapters, I had gotten used to this storytelling style and felt like it did a good job of conveying the main character's state of mind. When things are settled, she expounds on events and reflects on the relationships she and her son have in this strange world. When life is sharp and chaotic, she skirts around the edges of events in brief mentions, not even sharing some of the most traumatic incidents in a direct fashion.

Added to the Books That Were Once on Your Wishlist Bookring.