A01=Cai Emmons
atmospheric science
Author_Cai Emmons
Category=FBA
climate
climate change
drought
Earth
eco dystopia
ecofeminism
ecofeminist
empowerment
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fire
Greenland
islands
Kansas
loneliness
mentorship
meteorology
New Hampshire
realistic sci fi
rising seas
Siberia
So Paulo
South Pacific
superpower
teaching
tornados
uplifting
vivid characters
Weather Woman
Wonder Woman
Product details
- ISBN 9781597093248
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2021
- Publisher: Red Hen Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Sinking Islands continues the story of Bronwyn Artair, a scientist who possesses the power to influence the natural forces of the Earth. After several successful interventions, including one in Siberia, she has gone into hiding, worried about unintended consequences of her actions, as well as about the ethics of operating solo. But circumstances call her to action again, and an idea takes shape: What if she could impart her skill to other people? Gathering a few kindred souls from climate-troubled places around the world—Felipe from São Paulo, where drought conditions are creating strains on day-to-day life; Analu and his daughter Penina from a sinking island in the South Pacific; and Patty from the tornado-ridden plains of Kansas—she takes them to the wilds of Northern New Hampshire where she tries to teach them her skill. The novel, realistic but for the single fantastical element, explores how we might become more attuned to the Earth and act more collaboratively to solve the enormity of our climate problem.
Cai Emmons is the author of four novels—His Mother’s Son, The Stylist, Weather Woman, Sinking Islands—and a story collection, Vanishing. She holds a BA from Yale University and two MFAs from New York University in film and from the University of Oregon in fiction. Before turning to fiction, Emmons wrote plays and screenplays. Winner of a Student Academy Award, an Oregon Book Award, and the Leapfrog Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Narrative Magazine and Missouri Review fiction prizes, she has taught at a variety of institutions, most recently in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.
