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Emergence
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Unusual post-apocalyptic sci-fi, told from the perspective of a genius preteen girl, chronicling her sear…more

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Ben
Jan 20, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, apocalypse
Summary:
A gifted child grows up a lot while taking a road trip across post apocalyptic America. The decisions she makes in the end will determine the eventual fate of mankind.

Things I liked:

The development of the parrot as a significant character was fun.
The epistolary style and the way this was used to euphemise significant episodes of psychological breakdown and other ambiguities.

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