![]() ![]() It is told half in flashbacks of that end time and half from the first person perspective of Mary, who now lives with a group of fundamentalist Christians, who believe there is only truth and one book worth reading. Tells the story (and the story of the story) of Rachel and Mary, who literally decide to survive the end of the world, in order to preserve (again literally) the books that represent what's left of their civilization. Wren displays “her passionate concern with what gives life meaning ( Library Journal). In this “thought-provoking” novel of humanity, hope, and horror, M.K. ![]() And those who go against the word of God must be cleansed from the Earth . . . But they realize with trepidation that the Arkites believe in only one book-the Judeo-Christian bible-and regard all other books as blasphemous. ![]() Rachel and Mary see the possibility of civilization rising again. Then they encounter a young man who comes from a group of survivors in the South. On the Oregon coast, two women-writer Mary Hope and painter Rachel Morrow-embark on an audacious project to help save future generations: the preservation of books, both their own and any they can find at nearby abandoned houses. “A poignant expression of the durability, grace, and potential of the human spirit” set in a post-nuclear dystopia where words are worth killing for (Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth’s Children series).īy the late twenty-first century, civilization has nearly been destroyed by overpopulation, economic chaos, horrific disease, and a global war that brought a devastating nuclear winter. ![]()
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