YESTERMORROW: A Futuristic Novel

by Noel Harrower

"Huge Theme Wonderfully Achieved. Bravo!" Michael Murpurgo. INTRODUCING YESTERMORROW Yestermorrow is a futuristic novel about human life on earth between the years 2055 and 2099. It concerns a group of families living in the UK as members of the climate transition movement founded in south Devon, who aim to live as sustainably as possible. In Part I, a young schoolteacher sets his class a project exploring the run-up to a tidal disaster, which happened in their area twenty-three years earlier, in 2030. The students discover that the damage being done to the planet was well understood at the time, but that those in power failed to be responsive enough to the numerous concerns. These students are shocked to realise that their generation is being left to deal with multiple problems relating to climate change, which have been made far worse by human activity.In Part 2, there are exchange visits between keen environmentalists living in south-west and central England who compare what is being done in cities to what is happening in the countryside. Anxieties run high between climate change refugees and those in wealthier places who still want to enjoy an exploitative way of life. Rory Whiteoak and his African fiancée, Amina, struggle with stern regulations threatening their marriage, against a backdrop of both race riots and positive multicultural activities.In Part 3, Rory, Amina and Beatrice have become schoolteachers themselves and also leaders in helping to build communities that are cooperative and resilient. Nations have woken up to the failures and are striving to build a positive world against a darkening background of hurricanes, snow blizzards and floods. Lessons learned in past years shine a light on possibilities for tomorrow, but tragedies have to be faced. In Part 4, there are new generations of children and grandchildren, and the journey continues as they face the dawn of a new century. Vision quests held in many parts of the world raise new hopes as people begin to rediscover some ancient pathways through the web of life on earth.

561 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2018