Jan Priddy’s Reviews > Station Eleven > Status Update

Why have the airport toilets continued to fiction for 20 years? They add water so they will flush, but . . .

Blueberries! The first mention of food other than meat in the After. [Or I missed it—I likely did.]

This is a fascinating novel, and I am particularly enjoying the structure.

My one objection to the After stories—not nearly enough attention to water and food. The travelers seem to hunt and eat meat, which we now understand was not typical even of the so-called hunter-gathers. They gathered more than hunted. Where are the farms? The Gardens? The gathering? The work and treatment of the wagon horses doesn't fly.

I can't believe I never read this. Mandel's catastrophic pandemic results in dystopia, but it is deeply humane.

I should have read this a long time ago. The scenario/situation is the same as my novel ALL THE DAUGHTERS SING. Well, close enough. In my novel 12 people survive in the world—all women. I am grateful to Beth Russell of CALYX for urging me to read it.