Trashlands6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() It all felt so real, and that was more than a little bit horrifying. ![]() I know I should have expected it, having read the book description – yet I was blown away by what happened within these pages the good and the bad. I love the parental element in Trashlands. Especially when reading about Coral, a mother struggling to do right by her child in a world that has been so brutally used by humanity. ![]() While that makes it harder to read, it also adds to the impact and reality of the situation. Trashlands is a hard-hitting novel that isn’t afraid to bring in very real elements into a dystopian tale. She just needs to keep on saving and hoping. She lives in an area literally known as Trashlands, and she hopes to create a better life for her daughter. It’s her job to hunt for plastic out in the wild. What is already out in the world has now become valuable, an ironic twist of fate. ![]() In response, the world has finally agreed to stop producing plastics. They have receded, giving way to the growing oceans. The coastlines are no longer the familiar forms we know today. It is heavy and carries with it a critical lesson for us all if we’re willing to hear it. Alison Stone’s latest novel, Trashlands, is one part science fiction and one part dystopian tale. ![]()
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