The Way the World Ends (Warmer, #1)

by Jess Walter

“It’s very common,” she says, “mistaking weather for climate. Weather simply reflects climate in a certain time and place.”

His mother was what had once been called “a character,” meaning she showed up drunk for school events, hit on his teachers, and blew his college money on a trip to Mexico.

“It’s like we’re hastening the end,” Dr. Anders adds. “Like, as a nation, we’re choosing to blow our kids’ inheritance.”