The Libraries Transform Book Pick is a new digital reading program through the American Library Association that connects readers nationwide by offering free access to the same eBook through public libraries.
Participating is easy! Do you have a public library card? Great! The Libby/OverDrive app now has unlimited copies of the book, After the Flood, during the reading period October 7-21, 2019. Discuss After the Flood on social media using the hashtag #LTBookPick.
Note: If you borrow an eBook copy on October 21, you will still receive the full lending time allotted.
Synopsis of After the Flood
“An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal cities and then its heartland, leaving nothing but an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water.
Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, fish from their small boat, the Bird, visiting dry land only to trade for supplies and information in the few remaining outposts of civilization. For seven years, Myra has grieved the loss of her oldest daughter, Row, who was stolen by her father after a monstrous deluge overtook their home in Nebraska. Then, in a violent confrontation with a stranger, Myra suddenly discovers that Row was last seen in a far-off encampment near the Arctic Circle. Throwing aside her usual caution, Myra and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage into the icy northern seas, hoping against hope that Row will still be there.”
If you prefer print or audio version of this novel, copies are available through our library system.
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