{"product_id":"9781488209932_road-out-of-winter","title":"Road Out of Winter","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award\u003cbr\u003eA 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Book Club Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir…. Profoundly moving.”—\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty—her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she’s been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cult’s volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrgent and poignant, \u003cem\u003eRoad Out of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e is a glimpse of an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Both gripping and lyrical, Stine’s vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for where hope might take root.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Richly imagined, deeply moving and unthinkably offers hope in a world that uncannily resembles ours…. Gloriously well-written.” —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMs. Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd don't miss the next literary speculative novel from Alison Stine, TRASHLANDS, coming October 2021. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Alison Stine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46899911852181,"sku":"9781488209932","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781488209932_139e846b-fb30-4d4e-a2c4-fe3ea74d4ae1.jpg?v=1776888644","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781488209932_road-out-of-winter","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}