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California a novel

"The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't recla...

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Main Author: Lepucki, Edan.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Pregnancy > Fiction.
Survival skills > Fiction.
Regression (Civilization) > Fiction.
California > Fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Summary: "The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Terrified of the unknown and 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. These people can offer them security, but Cal and Frida soon realize this community poses dangers of its own. In this unfamiliar world, where everything and everyone can be perceived as a threat, the couple must quickly decide whom to trust"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: 393 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780316250818 (hardback)
0316250813 (hardback)
Author Notes: Edan Lepucki is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a staff writer for The Millions. Her short fiction has been published in several magazines including McSweeney's and Narrative Magazine. She is the founder and director of Writing Workshops Los Angeles. Her first book, California, was published in 2014.

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