Parable of the sower /
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grand Central Publishing,
[2000].
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| Series: | Butler, Octavia E. Earthseed books.
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| Summary: | When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more, the birth of a new faith and a startling vision of human destiny. |
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| Item Description: | "Sequel: Parable of the talents." |
| Physical Description: | 345 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780446675505 0446675504 |