Edan lepucki author edan lepucki is the new york times bestselling author of the novel california as well as the novella if youre not yet like me. California the free library of philadelphia overdrive. California greater phoenix digital library overdrive. California shows the momentbymoment reality of a painful possible future, the price we may have to pay for our passionate devotion to all the wrong things. For cal and frida, that becomes a tougher question when frida discovers shes pregnant. Lepuckis debut novel, california, rose to prominence as a result of a public dispute between comedian stephen colbert and online publisher amazon, which arose when colbert urged his viewers on two successive nights of his.
Despite the fact that a certain television personality brought this book to the worlds attention, creating a publicity gold mine, i was already thinking about reading it because of my own interests in the end of the world. Edan lepucki tells her tale with preternatural clarity and total believability, in large part by focusing on the relationships between husband and wife, brother and sister, parent and child that are, it turns out, apocalypseproof. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working sidebyside to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Edan lepucki is a graduate of the iowa writers workshop and a staff writer for the millions. Edan lepucki is the new york times bestselling author of the novel california as well as the novella if youre not yet like me. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working sidebyside to make their.
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The real secret to the greatness of california, aside from its fully realized characters and thoughtful narration, is an attention to detail that draws you immediately into edan lepuckis mysterious new world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading california. But theres a middle path too one exemplified by edan lepuckis first novel, california, in which characters traverse a crosssection of. Her short story theres no place like home is included in warmer, an anthology of short fiction about climate change. Edan lepuckis terrific first novel california finds itself concerned with the human element when society crumbles. California virginia beach public library overdrive. For one, it allows lepucki to detail the minutiae of survivalist life. California palm beach county library system overdrive. Sarah stone, san francisco chronicle lepucki gives readers the most welcome surprisein a dystopian novel, anywayof flashes of humor. It turns out that edan lepucki the writer unfairly suppressed by amazons heavyhanded marketing practices is a lot more interesting than the edan lepucki who writes books.
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