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Solid, Broken, Changing
Kally, aka the human antenna, sensed it coming. Planet Earth was shifting under her feet. So was her family. But she never imagined that their tipping points would let go this soon—and this fast.
Now, Kally and her father are sheltering in place with strangers on an isolated island in the Gulf of Maine. As each world-busting wave of change rocks their tiny enclave, she fears she will never have the chance to realize her dreams.
In her urgent search for bearings, Kally discovers a surprising ally in Stuart, a champion forerunner who believes he can vault and pivot beyond anything that gets in his way. But, as they pool their skills, they soon realize: no map exists for what they and the earth are becoming.
Setting out to find her way in the heaving future, Kally dares to steer by the only pole star she has left—her intuition-fueled creativity.
Now, Kally and her father are sheltering in place with strangers on an isolated island in the Gulf of Maine. As each world-busting wave of change rocks their tiny enclave, she fears she will never have the chance to realize her dreams.
In her urgent search for bearings, Kally discovers a surprising ally in Stuart, a champion forerunner who believes he can vault and pivot beyond anything that gets in his way. But, as they pool their skills, they soon realize: no map exists for what they and the earth are becoming.
Setting out to find her way in the heaving future, Kally dares to steer by the only pole star she has left—her intuition-fueled creativity.
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Published January 1, 2024
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Elizabeth Ellsworth
8 books7 followersElizabeth Ellsworth is a writer and artist. Solid, Broken, Changing is her young adult novel with scifi and cozy hopepunk elements. It's inspired by her experiences of co-existence on a radically changing planet Earth.
With Jamie Kruse, she co-directs smudge studio (smudgestudio.org), based in Brooklyn, NY and Belfast, Maine. Their projects connect daily life experiences to vast, generative forces of geological and cosmological change.
With Jamie Kruse, she co-directs smudge studio (smudgestudio.org), based in Brooklyn, NY and Belfast, Maine. Their projects connect daily life experiences to vast, generative forces of geological and cosmological change.
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March 2, 2020
A book for all who care about our planet earth and the changes that may already be underway.
We begin BEC (before everything changed). A story of what’s possibly on the way for our planet earth and all who make it home. Capturing the fragile moments of adapting to a changing world we are taken along on this unbelievably believable new normal of a solid, broken and changing life in the Anthropocene.
June 21, 2025
iceberg weather.
Interesting story. Semi dystopian. Not sci fi in the normal sense but enjoyable nonetheless. I will give it a “more” rating even though the story ended where it probably needed to.
Interesting story. Semi dystopian. Not sci fi in the normal sense but enjoyable nonetheless. I will give it a “more” rating even though the story ended where it probably needed to.
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