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The Light Pirate
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September 1, 2023
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September 30, 2023
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Angela M
May 14, 2023 rated it it was amazing
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Good Morning, Midnight, a debut novel is a beautiful story by Lily Brooks-Dalton and is the reason I wanted to read this one. I’m always a little apprehensive about reading the second novel, afraid I won’t love it as much as the first. There was nothing to worry about. This one is as intense and intimate and deeply moving with characters who will stay with me. It’s an important story for our time. Both of these stories are about our relationships and the decisions we make.

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♥ Sandi ❣
4.5 stars

If you like dystopian, or apoplectic, or climate change or environmental stories this is one story for you. Given a few years, this story is very believable, more likely probable.

Florida is vanishing. The ocean is eating it away. Hurricanes have become more powerful, resources are less available. It comes to a point where everyone is evacuated. The progression is told by one family - Wanda, the protagonist - tells her story from a child to adult.

Told in four parts, power, water, light
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Martha☀
Apr 29, 2023 rated it really liked it
Wanda lives in a time where the names of hurricanes exceeds the standard alphabetic sequence.

Think about that. More than 26 hurricanes each year. Once every 2 weeks, if nicely distributed throughout the year, or pretty much constant throughout the ever-lengthening hurricane season.

Throughout her life, Wanda watches as hurricane power increases, sea levels rise, towns and cities are abandoned, resources and social services disappear and life becomes constant survival.

Adopted by a prepper, Wanda
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