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Road out of winter [electronic resource] : a novel. Alison Stine.
In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty—her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she's been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn't return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wylodine and her small group of exiles become a target for its volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. With the gripping suspense of The Road and the lyricism of Station Eleven, Stine's vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for a place hope might take root.
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- Baker & Taylor
An impoverished girl from a marijuana farming family is forced by another summerless year to embark on a treacherous journey through the backroads of Appalachia to find missing relatives and a new way to survive. Original. 50,000 first printing. - Harlequin
2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award
A 2020 The Rumpus Book Club Selection
âBlends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noirâ¦. Profoundly moving.ââLibrary Journal, starred review
In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope
Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and povertyâher family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now sheâs been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesnât return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter.
With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cultâs volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.
Urgent and poignant, Road Out of Winter is a glimpse of an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Both gripping and lyrical, Stineâs vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for where hope might take root.
âRichly imagined, deeply moving and unthinkably offers hope in a world that uncannily resembles oursâ¦. Gloriously well-written.â âMs. Magazine
And don't miss the next literary speculative novel from Alison Stine, TRASHLANDS, coming October 2021. - Harlequin
2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award
A 2020 The Rumpus Book Club Selection
"Blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir'. Profoundly moving.''Library Journal, starred review
In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope
Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty'her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she's been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn't return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter.
With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cult's volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.
Urgent and poignant, Road Out of Winter is a glimpse of an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. With the gripping suspense of The Road and the lyricism of Station Eleven, Stine's vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for where hope might take root.
'Richly imagined, deeply moving and unthinkably offers hope in a world that uncannily resembles ours currently in the thick of COVID-19'. Gloriously well-written.' 'Ms. Magazine - Open Road MediaA teenage girl treks across a dangerous, frozen nation to reunite with her family in this Philip K. Dick Awardâwinning apocalyptic thriller.
Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty. Her family grows marijuana illegally in order to survive. But now sheâs been left behind in Ohio to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesnât return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter.
With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, Wil begins a journey to join her family in California. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. Gathering a small group of exiles on her way, she becomes the target of a volatime cult leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.
Road Out of Winter offers a glimpse into an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Alison Stineâs acclaimed debut âblends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noirâ (Library Journal, starred review).