What's it about? From Grand Central Publishing:
"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. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions.
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. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny." Read an excerpt of Parable of the Sower.
Sound good doesn't it!? Enter for a chance to win a copy using the Rafflecopter form below. Open to US and Canada. Ends May 11/19.
7 comments:
Intriguing and unique novel. Thanks for this great feature and giveaway.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway. I have read Kindred and Dawn by Octavia Butler and enjoyed them both. Fingers crossed to win the Parable giveaway. I saw this giveaway in the Monday, Apr. 29, 2019 edition of of The BookTube Your Shelf Daily Reader.
Thanks for the giveaway, I was just reading about this in the paper this weekend!
Thanks for the giveaway!
"Hyperempathy." I wonder if that's like a friend I knew in college who was a "sympathy junky"?
This book sounds great! Thanks for the chance.:)
I've been wanting to try Octavia's work for a long time now, this one sounds like it might be the place to start, and I love the cover for it.
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