Mobility a novel
"The year is 1998. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is a lonely American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny's bemused eyes, we watch global interests flock to her temporary backyard for Caspian oil and pipeline access,...
| Main Author: | Kiesling, Lydia, 1984- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crooked Media Reads, a Zando imprint,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The year is 1998. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is a lonely American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny's bemused eyes, we watch global interests flock to her temporary backyard for Caspian oil and pipeline access, hearing rumbles of the expansion of the American security state and the buildup to the War on Terror. We follow Bunny from adolescence to middle age--from Baku to Athens to Houston--as her own ambition and desire for comfort lead her to a career in the oil industry, eventually returning to the scene of her youth, where slippery figures from the past reappear in an era of political and climate breakdown"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
359 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-359). |
| ISBN: |
9781638930563 1638930562 |
| Author Notes: |
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