"The first thing that happens at the end of the world is that we don't know what is happening". This quote is the background of this depressing story. Evolution is running backwards, birds laying eggs that hatch raptors, cats giving birth to saber tooth tigers and humans giving birth to ...we don't know what. The story is told in first person by Cedar, an adopted Native American child raised by hippie-like liberals, who is pregnant and writing a journal to her unborn child. She is pursued throughout the story because pregnant women are being "sequestered" to monitor the births of their children.
I've read books by Erdrich before a long time ago and my reviews weren't great on those. This one kept me reading and I had no inkling of where the story would lead. In the end, its a statement about our society and the world with a ominous outlook.
Published: 2017 Read: September 2019 Genre: Fiction
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