Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everythingβher home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy. In her
Love in the Time of Global Warming
β Scribed by Francesca Lia Block
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co. (BYR);Henry Holt and Company
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0805099026
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β¦ Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everythingβher home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy.
In her signature style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. At the helm of Love in the Time of Global Warming is Pen, a strong heroine who holds hope and love in her hands and refuses to be defeated.
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