The Fro Is Reading...Part 1 Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower

 

 

When global climate change and economic crises led to social chaos in the early 2020s, California became full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. 

The story begins after the 2024 Presidential Election...wait what????

The children will lead them. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.

 

Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. 

Getting my groove back by Reading for Fun again...and to keep by sanity. 

Book and study notes available for immediate purchase on Far From Beale Street Online Bookstore.