false 213998 3 Cynthia Kadohata explores human relationships in a Los Angeles of the future, where rich and poor are deeply polarized and where water, food, and gas, not to mention education, cannot be taken for granted. There is an intimate, understated, even gentle quality to Kadohata's writing--this is not an apocalyptic dystopia--that makes it difficult to shrug off the version of the future embodied in her book. 207168 1992 In the Heart of the Valley of Love (California Fiction) total:25|5:2|4:11|3:6|2:3|1:3| 25 81 41 6 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:13:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:36:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 22:50:25 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 22:53:45 -0700 2009 not even once more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 09:23:47 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 14:30:54 -0700 2008 The setting is Los Angeles about 50 years in the future. The government rations water and gas. Pollution and sickness are rampant. Loss of loved ones to death or the police is quite common. Yet, despite the gloom, we see how people still find ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 01:49:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 01:50:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 09 23:52:03 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 00:51:34 -0700 2007
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