Future Home of the Living God Hardcover

from hemlokgang

My oh my! Do not read this if you or someone you love is pregnant! Once again, Louise Erdrich tells an amazing story. Reminiscent of Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale", this is a "mid-apocalyptic" rather than "post-apocalyptic" story. Babies are being born with auto immune problems, so, of course, the ...

from Beamis12

So, we have screwed up the world, no surprise there, but this time it has reached a cellular level. Evolution is taking a backwards step, chickens that now have the skins of lizards, a dragonfly with a three foot wing span, winter's that are no more and childbearing women are desperately needed. ...

from Al-G

I love Erdrich's writing style and her characters are always both very realistic and somewhat unconventional, and these are no different - though the book is a bit different from her usual novels. In a dystopian future, humanity is de-evolving, which most specifically means that humans as a speci...

from ShannonRose4

Set in a near-dystopian world where nature has rebelled causing evolution to hit reverse; Cedar, a mother-to- be is attempting to find her real parents to gain some knowledge to her baby's future. While society is going haywire the government begins rounding up all pregnant women, Cedar discovers...

from viviennestrauss

I have a terrible habit of choosing books without reading the blurb for fear of too much information. This was good but an emotional drain right now due to the topic of climate change + a ramped up Handmaid's Tale.