The survivalists : a novel
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- ISBN: 9781593767273 : HRD
- ISBN: 1593767277 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781593767280
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Physical Description:
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288 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: First Soft Skull edition.
- Publisher: New York : Soft Skull, 2023.
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Subject: | African Americans Fiction Women lawyers Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Survivalism Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fiction |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Town of Hanover Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Etna Library | FIC CAU | 31257000308923 | Adult collection | Available | - |
Howe Library | FIC CAU | 31254003822844 | Main floor | Available | - |
The Survivalists : A Novel
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The Survivalists : A Novel
In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life - success - until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy - traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one of selling guns and training for a doomsday that's maybe just around the corner. For readers of Victor LaValle's The Changeling, Paul Beatty's The Sellout, and Zakiya Harris's The Other Black Girl, The Survivalists is a darkly humorous novel from a smart and relevant new literary voice that's packed with tension, curiosity and wit, and unafraid to ask the questions most relevant to a new generation of Americans: Does it make sense to climb the corporate ladder? What exactly are the politics of gun ownership? And in a world where it's nearly im