We Are Unprepared, Meg Little Reilly
We Are Unprepared, Meg Little Reilly
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We Are Unprepared

Author: Meg Little Reilly

Narrator: Zach Villa

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/30/2016


Synopsis

We Are Unprepared is a novel about the next big storm, the one that changes our relationship to nature and each other...the superstorm that threatens to destroy a marriage, a rural Vermont town and the Eastern Seaboard when it hits. But the destruction begins months earlier, when fear infects people's lives and spreads like a plague.

Ash and Pia’s move from Brooklyn to the bucolic hills of Vermont was supposed to be a fresh start—a picturesque farmhouse, mindful lifestyle, maybe even children. But just three months in, news breaks of a devastating superstorm expected in the coming months. Fear of the impending disaster divides their tight-knit rural town and exposes the chasms in Ash and Pia’s marriage. Ash seeks common ground with those who believe in working together for the common good. Pia teams up with “preppers” who want to go off the grid and war with the rest of the locals over whom to trust and how to protect themselves. Where Isole had once been a town of old farm families, yuppie transplants and beloved rednecks, they divide into paranoid preppers, religious fanatics and government tools.

We Are Unprepared is an emotional journey, a terrifying glimpse into the human, environmental and cultural costs of our changing earth. But hope awaits on the other side.

About Meg Little Reilly

Meg Little Reilly is the author of the novels EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS and WE ARE UNPREPARED. She is a writer at Bennington College, an essayist, public radio commentator, and hiker. Prior to writing novels, Meg worked in national politics and the White House. She holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont and an M.A. from the George Washington University. These days, she lives in rural Vermont with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

Full review on www.novelgossip.com We Are Unprepared is a cautionary tale of what the future of the world could look like. It begins three months after Ash and Pia have left their old life in Brooklyn behind for a simpler and quieter existence in rural Isole,Vermont. Reports of a devastating Storm be......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I really liked this one. The characters were believable to me and I could see the whole story unfolding as I was reading it. Also, I love a good blizzard. I'm giving this one 5 stars because this is the kind of stuff I really go in for and I enjoyed it from start to finish. It's probably more of a 4......more

I was lucky enough to snag an early copy of this one, and boy, was I glad. An engaging novel from the emerging "cli-fi" genre, We Are Unprepared is both a page-turner and a warning from a talented new author. I can't wait to see what's next for Meg.......more