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Unsheltered
by Clare Moleta
A book that hasn’t left my consciousness. What a masterpiece.
If you’re a sucker for some gritty, female-led, dystopian eco-fiction, this is the book for you.
As the book opens, we are faced with an adult couple who are giddy and playful in the rain. It sounds like a romcom, but bare with me here… a child runs toward them, sheltering themselves from it, terrified … and we soon realise that their child has never experienced the joy of rain in their lifetime. The scene is set, and the story unfolds from there - intense and deadly weather patterns, lack of food and resources, a physical separation/barrier between the rich and the poor of the nation, and a long trek in the wild.
To me, this is really the story of a mothers undying love, and her fight for survival, at any cost, to be with her child.
As I write this I’m racking my brain trying to remember if I saw this across social media at ALL last year?! It’s perhaps one of the most underrated and missed books of 2021. I implore you to pick this one up. I want to talk about it with people! Let me know if you do.
You will love this if you enjoyed: The Natural Way of Things, The Glad Shout, The Road, The Mother Fault.
If you’re a sucker for some gritty, female-led, dystopian eco-fiction, this is the book for you.
As the book opens, we are faced with an adult couple who are giddy and playful in the rain. It sounds like a romcom, but bare with me here… a child runs toward them, sheltering themselves from it, terrified … and we soon realise that their child has never experienced the joy of rain in their lifetime. The scene is set, and the story unfolds from there - intense and deadly weather patterns, lack of food and resources, a physical separation/barrier between the rich and the poor of the nation, and a long trek in the wild.
To me, this is really the story of a mothers undying love, and her fight for survival, at any cost, to be with her child.
As I write this I’m racking my brain trying to remember if I saw this across social media at ALL last year?! It’s perhaps one of the most underrated and missed books of 2021. I implore you to pick this one up. I want to talk about it with people! Let me know if you do.
You will love this if you enjoyed: The Natural Way of Things, The Glad Shout, The Road, The Mother Fault.