Snowflake, AZ - Hardcover

Sedgwick, Marcus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 132400441X ISBN 13: 9781324004417

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

Synopsis

Ash gets on a Greyhound bus to the place Bly was last seen: Snowflake, Arizona. Six thousand feet up in the wide red desert, Ash meets Mona; her goat, Socrates; her dog, Blackie; and finds stepbrother Bly, too. In their ramshackle homes, the walls lined with tinfoil, Mona and her neighbors are all sick. But this isn't any ordinary sickness: modern life has poisoned them, and when Ash too falls ill, the doctor's response is, "It's all in your mind." Meanwhile, as Ash lives through a cycle of illness and recovery and loss, the world beyond is succumbing to its own affliction: a breakdown of civilization only distantly perceived by Ash and the isolated residents of Snowflake, from which there may or may not be a chance for recovery. This humane and thoughtful novel is about resilience, trust, family, and love, when all seems lost.

About this title

Review:

An ominous, relevant, and uniquely compelling read.

This raw, deeply philosophical tale leaves readers with a timely, sobering message about how humankind's treatment of the environment impacts the environment's treatment of humankind.

A provocative story of illness and forthcoming apocalypse.

Will appeal to both realistic fiction and sci-fi readers.

About the Author:

Marcus Sedgwick received the Printz Medal for Midwinterblood and Printz Honor awards for Revolver and The Ghosts of Heaven. He lives in southeastern France.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 132400441X
• ISBN 13: 9781324004417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320