In this unfamiliar world, where everything and everyone can be perceived as a threat, the couple must quickly decide whom to trust.Ī 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. These people can offer them security, but Cal and Frida soon realize this community poses its own dangers. 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. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Consumed by fear of the future and mourning for a past they can't reclaim, they seek comfort and solace in one other. 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. Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them, edited by bestselling author Edan Lepucki, assembles more than 60 essays by women and nonbinary people to answer the question, pairing each with a photograph of a mother before she was defined as such. The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. Published by Little Brown and Company on July 8, 2014
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