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Road out of winter / Alison Stine.
"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."--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778309925 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0778309924 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 314 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Onatario, Canada : Mira, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. |
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| Subject: | Gardeners > Fiction. Marijuana > Fiction. Appalachian Region, Southern > Fiction. Climatic changes > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Dystopian fiction. Apocalyptic fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | STINE A (Text) | 33126024965505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | STINE A (Text) | 33126024965497 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- 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. - 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. - 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