In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in northern California based on her newly founded faith, Earthseed. Originally published in 1998, this shockingly prescient novel’s timely message of hope and resistance in the face of fanaticism is more relevant than ever. Parable of the Talents (Grand Central Publishing, Paperback, august 2019) But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith. 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. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions.
Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Butler “pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid’s Tale” (John Green, New York Times)
This highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Parable of the Sower (Grand Central Publishing, Paperback, aPRIL 2019)
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