Chris and Emma care deeply about social issues and climate change but, while Chris obsesses about the big issues and stockpiles food and medicine, Emma deals with more manageable local and domestic ones. Their marriage disintegrates as the rain falls constantly. Through their back stories we empathise with the characters and a marriage that is fiercely tested. Bray is a lapsed Mormon and loss of faith is also integral to the story. A book for our time.
(Christine Miller - bwl 99 Winter 2021 ) |
