{"product_id":"the-new-wilderness-9780062333148","title":"The New Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF FICTION OF 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNPR BEST BOOK OF 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBUZZFEED\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL OF OUR TIMES --Lemn Sissay, Booker Prize Judge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e virtuosic debut, brutal and beautiful in equal measure. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Emily St. John Mandel\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel of a mother's battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change; A prescient and suspenseful book from the author of the acclaimed story collection, \u003cem\u003eMan V. Nature\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment to see if humans can exist in nature without destroying it. Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, they slowly and painfully learn to survive in an unpredictable, dangerous land, bickering and battling for power and control as they betray and save one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Agnes embraces the wild freedom of this new existence, Bea realizes that saving her daughter's life means losing her in a different way. The farther they get from civilization, the more their bond is tested in astonishing and heartbreaking ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a blazing lament of our contempt for nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood and what it means to be human, \u003cem\u003eThe New Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary novel from a one-of-a-kind literary force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062333148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416","brand":"Diane Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40085569896629,"sku":"9780062333148","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a77c049a-385e-481b-b1bf-47dd7c0b13b7.jpg?v=1621901841","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-new-wilderness-9780062333148","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}