The End of the Ocean

Author:   Maja Lunde ,  Diane Oatley
Publisher:   Harpervia
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9780062974488


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 January 2020
Format:   Paperback
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From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future. In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean in a sailboat. On board, a cargo that can change lives. Signe is haunted by memories of the love of her life, whom she'll meet again soon. In 2041, David and his young daughter, Lou, flee from a drought-stricken Southern Europe that has been ravaged by thirst and war. Separated from the rest of their family and desperate to find them, they discover an ancient sailboat in a dried-out garden, miles away from the nearest shore. Signe's sailboat. As David and Lou discover Signe's personal effects, her long ago journey becomes inexorably linked to their own. An evocative tale of the search for love and connection, The End of the Ocean is a profoundly moving father daughter story of survival and a clarion call for climate action.

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Author:   Maja Lunde ,  Diane Oatley
Publisher:   Harpervia
Imprint:   Harpervia
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780062974488


ISBN 10:   0062974483
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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When you think of coming to tears over a novel, a story about bee keepers and honey is not your first thought. But such is the genius of debut novelist Maja Lunde that her tale of three eras--the long past, the tenuous present and the biologically damned future--is strung on the fragile hope of the survival of bees. Without ever banging an apocalyptic drum, Lunde paints an achingly pure picture of what happens if we fail to protect the bees, our biospheric conscience, our fragile, sacred spinners of gold. --Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN and TWO IF BY SEA Is climate-themed fiction all too real? As scientists' projections about the effects of climate change have increasingly become reality, some works of apocalyptic fiction have begun to seem all too plausible. Maja Lunde's first book chronicles three generations as they exploit, try to save and eventually mimic bees. --The New York Times The History of Bees brings climate change into the realm of book-club fiction. . . . Lunde's exploration of the tension between human instinct and the need for selflessness couldn't be more timely. --Los Angeles Times This book is about bees the same way Moby-Dick is a book about whales or The Moviegoer is about movies.....[The History of Bees] is reminiscent of the 1998 art film The Red Violin, in that it weaves together three fairly disparate stories spread across the better part of two and a half centuries. At the outset, the connections between the three are opaque, but Lunde's compelling narrative draws the reader in. Much as in Ray Bradbury's famed story A Sound of Thunder, the butterfly effect is in full effect, as decisions made long ago and far away influence outcomes in unpredictable but realistic ways. --BookPage Lunde, a Norwegian author and screenwriter, threads a common string through these characters. The novel becomes far less about bees than about family -- about how the relationship between parent and child can be passionate, desperate, tragic and uplifting....The History of Bees is a dark read, and yet it ends on a wavering note of optimism. It's been likened to Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 sci-fi novel Station Eleven, with good reason. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey. --Elle I once sat sheltered while a swarm of bees the size of a house flew over me. I wish readers this same cone of isolated, humming space when they read Maja Lunde's fine novel The History of Bees. Here is a story that is sweeping in scope but intimate in detail. Stepping lightly between a 19th century British naturalist, a contemporary Ohio bee farmer, and a determined mother in a dystopian future China, Lunde dares to imagine the chaos our rapidly changing world invites, while finding order and hope in individual acts of care. --Laura McBride, author of 'ROUND MIDNIGHT and WE ARE CALLED TO RISE By turns devastating and hopeful, The History of Bees resonates powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns. Following three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as complex as a honeycomb. --Bryn Greenwood, New York Times bestselling author of ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was doubly smitten by The History of Bees. Maja Lunde's novel is an urgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those remarkable insects. It is also a gripping account of how--despite the cruelest losses--humanity may abide and individual families can heal. --Jean Hegland, author of STILL TIME and INTO THE FOREST Praise for The History of Bees: The History of Bees is spectacular and deeply moving. Lunde has elegantly woven together a tale of science and science fiction, dystopia and hope, and the trials of the individual and the strengths of family. --Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE and SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN


By turns devastating and hopeful, The History of Bees resonates powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns. Following three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as complex as a honeycomb. --Bryn Greenwood, New York Times bestselling author, on The History of Bees As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was doubly smitten by The History of Bees. Maja Lunde's novel is an urgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those remarkable insects. It is also a gripping account of how--despite the cruelest losses--humanity may abide and individual families can heal. --Jean Hegland, author of Still Time and Into the Forest, on The History of Bees Without ever banging an apocalyptic drum, Lunde paints an achingly pure picture of what happens if we fail to protect the bees, our biospheric conscience, our fragile, sacred spinners of gold. --Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author, on The History of Bees Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey. --Elle on The History of Bees If we somehow manage to save the planet from ourselves, it will be because of big-hearted beautiful books like this one, that make us feel the devastating cost of our current climate inaction. Not just the planet-wide consequences, but the human-scale ones as well. Gripping and powerful. --Sam J. Miller, Nebula Award Winning author of Blackfish City


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Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. Lunde has written five books for children and young adults. She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children's series Barnas supershow ( The Children's Super Show ), the drama series Hjem( Home ) and the comedy series Side om Side ( Side by Side ). THE HISTORY OF BEES was her first novel for adults. She lives with her husband and three children in Oslo.

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