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From the bestselling author of Weetzie Bat comes a stunning reimagining of Homer's Odyssey set in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles
After the Earth Shaker, which all but destroyed Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) sets out into the wasteland in search of her family, her journey guided by a tattered copy of Homer's Odyssey. Soon she begins to realize her own abilities and strength as she faces false promises of safety, the cloned giants who feast on humans, and a madman who wishes her dead. On her voyage, Pen learns to tell stories that reflect her strange visions, while she and her fellow surivors navigate the dangers that lie in wait.
In her signature lyrical style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. Love in the Time of Global Warming has shades of science fiction, fantasy, and dystopic disaster.
A Top Ten ALA Rainbow Project Book
"Block’s trademark magical realism works. . . . there’s something encouraging about seeing four queer kids on an epic journey across the post-apocalyptic American Southwest." ―Kirkus Reviews
- Sales Rank: #807335 in Books
- Published on: 2014-08-26
- Released on: 2014-08-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.23" h x .72" w x 5.44" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
From School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up–The earth shakes, a wall of water comes, and everyone Penelope loves disappears, leaving her alone. She can see nothing but ruins around her pink house by the sea in Los Angeles. Her family was swept away by the water. Her father had warned of impending danger, and though her mother thought he was paranoid, his emergency provisions keep Pen alive. Weeks later, men break into her house, but Pen escapes with their van. She sets off on an Odyssey-like journey in search of her family. On the way, she encounters giants, sirens, a witch, a girl who may be magical, and companions to aid her in her quest. Through flashbacks, she reveals that she had been struggling with feelings for one of her closest girlfriends. Now, as she, Hex, Ez, and Ash speed toward Las Vegas, Pen finds strength she's never known and love she didn't expect. Pen is a thoughtful character who develops at a reasonable pace. Her flashbacks reveal a close family, good friends, and love for her younger brother. The dreamlike quality of the writing, typical of the author's works, functions well with the fantastical elements of the story, which is solid and dense in its descriptions. This is an excellent title for students who have read Homer's Odyssey as well as readers who enjoy a mix of fantasy and reality.–Kelly Jo Lasher, Middle Township High School, Cape May Court House, NJα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist
Los Angeles has been destroyed by the Earth Shaker and the disastrous flood that followed. Pen’s family has vanished in the wake of the two-pronged catastrophe, and after narrowly escaping death herself, Pen has set off to find them. But could they possibly still be alive? Most of those who survived the apocalypse have been eaten by a genetically engineered race of giants that have mysteriously appeared following the disaster. But not all humans have perished. Pen soon meets three solitary boys who join her on her odyssey—and, yes, the story is inspired by Homer’s epic. The giants, for example, evoke the Cyclopes; a former soap opera star turned witch is Circe; and there are also sirens, lotus eaters, and more. This framing device is surprisingly successful, in part, because Block doesn’t adhere too slavishly to her conceit. The result is original and, no surprise, gracefully written. Magic is no stranger to Block’s world, nor is her signature poetic sensibility. And love, in its many varieties and forms, is celebrated, as always. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Block’s enormous all-ages fan base will already have this preordered, but an extensive marketing campaign will likely bring in new followers. Grades 7-12. --Michael Cart
Review
“This Halloween, bypass the usual vampires and werewolves of teen fiction for what lurks between the covers of Francesca Lia Block's brutal, beautifully written 'Love in the Time of Global Warming.' Those fanged and furry creatures are but a sugar rush compared with Block's genetically engineered giants as she treats us to a dystopian tale tricked out in her signature lush prose.” ―The Washington Post
“The dreamlike quality of the writing, typical of the author's works, functions well with the fantastical elements of the story, which is solid and dense in its descriptions. This is an excellent title for students who have read Homer's Odyssey as well as readers who enjoy a mix of fantasy and reality.” ―School Library Journal
“The result is original and, no surprise, gracefully written. Magic is no stranger to Block's world, nor is her signature poetic sensibility. And love, in its many varieties and forms, is celebrated, as always.” ―Booklist
“Literary-minded readers will enjoy teasing out the allusions to Homer--and possibly even The Wizard of Oz--but knowledge of the classics is not a requirement to be swept up in the tatterdemalion beauty of the story's lavish, looping language.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Block's trademark magical realism works best in a brief, dreamy journey such as this one, even if the destination is uncertain . . . Mishmash or no, there's something encouraging about seeing four queer kids on an epic journey across the post-apocalyptic American Southwest.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler.” ―The New York Times Book Review
“Hers is a voice so unique that nobody will ever be able to imitate it.” ―Cindy Dobrez, Chairwoman of the committee that awarded Block the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Beautiful and evocative or extended nightmare? Take your pick.
By Cecelia Larsen
Anticipation is one of the constants of my book blogging life. When I began blogging lo, these many years ago (okay, fine, five and a half years!), I looked around to see what the community was doing. A weekly event called Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) drew my attention, and I’ve been participating on and off ever since. It’s all about finding books that aren’t released yet and highlighting them while you wait for the release date to come around. Since then, I’ve been much more aware of what books are coming, when, and whether I’m interested or not. A year and a half ago when I saw Francesca Lia Block's Love in the Time of Global Warming cover art and heard Greek mythology, retelling, and post-apocalyptic in combination, I coveted it. Now, after no less than three library fines and several ultimatums to myself (I’ll finish it by Tuesday!), I’ve finally read it.
Pen lives in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Two months after an earthquake opened a huge gash in the earth, and the sea came rushing up to her house, she’s still hiding from the broken world outside, surviving on stockpiled canned goods. She hasn’t seen her family since the disaster, and fears the worst... When her fragile denial and ‘peace’ is broken, Pen must venture out into a changed landscape. She will see unbelievable things, meet mythical creatures, mine her strengths, and adopt a dangerous quest, all in the name of love. Whether or not she comes home again will be a matter of will, of luck, of the strengths of her companions, and a bit of magic.
My summary above makes this book sound rather concrete! I’m actually proud that I could distill it down from concepts and allusions and magical realism into something that makes linear sense. Warning: Love in the Time of Global Warming does not make much sense, in a traditional plot sort of way. Yes, it is about a journey that mirrors Odysseus’ in The Odyssey. But. This version of the story is full of flashbacks and foresight to other times, musings on art and its importance even in a world where survival is paramount, queer identity, being good to the earth, and possible gifts/powers that have sprung up amid the desolation. All of those things overwhelm the ‘journey’ thread, making the book seem more like a series of related vignettes. The effect is fable-ish.
Pen herself is a confused, grieving teen with a bent toward the fantastic. Her mind loops around a blend of memory, religion, art, symbolism, and story, and in the midst of it all Pen finds pieces of herself that weren’t evident in life ‘Before.’ While she occupies the post of narrator, she’s not always the central figure in the tale. I found myself frustrated in the extreme with this Pen-narrated, unfocused storytelling. Experiences had a vague quality to them, so even though the end of the world sounded terrible, it never made it into my mind’s eye. In addition, the themes of sexuality, gender, and addiction were never fully explored. I could tell that the book was making statements, but I felt as though I was being asked to unravel a muddle that could have been made explicit. Feeling stupid while reading makes me grumpy, folks.
In the end, I have found two ways to describe this book: one is kind, the other one… honest. Feel free to take your pick. 1) Love in the Time of Global Warming is an elliptical, fantastical tale that takes on the theme of identity and claims art and love above all. 2) Love in the Time of Global Warming is a book that tries very hard to be meaningful, but in the end feels like reading an extended nightmare or drug-addled dream. As I said… take your pick.
Recommended for: readers who like trippy fantasy and sci-fi as long as it is pretty (and for whom coherency is not a number one priority).
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Finding Beauty in A Destroyed World
By AChar
I expected to immediately bond with the main character. I always do when I read Francesca Lia Block. Her girls are magical, bruised by life, prone to bad decisions, but full of hope. I see myself in them. I can still remember reading Weetzie for the first time years ago, as taken by the Los Angeles landscape as the narrative. It was one of the first times I had a hero presented to me who had been neglected or abused. I hadn't had a hero with substance abuse issues, and certainly there were no GBLT heroes.
I had never been to anywhere remotely tropical, and it was enchanting to imagine a place where I would be warm surrounded by jacaranda blossoms. I would have complicated friends who knew what it was like to be the outsider. We would roller skate everywhere. I would set down my book and be back in the north, staring out a window covered by snow drifts. Everything was gray, made more gray by the vivid descriptions of a lush fairy tale city.
In Francesca's recent book Love in the Time of Global Warming, I saw her beautiful city be annihilated. The apocalypse had happened. Giants were a danger. After falling in love with L.A. through her books, it was hard watching it be destroyed... Turning gray....
The main character, Pen, is trying to find her family after the Earth Shaker. She was different from the other main characters in previous books. The Earth Shaker was her first real trauma; she was a fairly passive person in the beginning. When she met Hex, I was gathered right back into the story. This was the character I bonded with, a tough on the exterior guy who had "non sum qualis eram" tattooed on his body. "I am not who I once was" resonated with me. I felt right there when Hex exposed his vulnerabilities, when he put on his bravado. I have done this. I am not who I once was. Hex carried a copy of Homer's Odyssey, using it as a guide. It reminded me of when I would carry my books on philosophy, referring to them with a desperate reverence during my adolescence.
The beauty of Francesca's stories was still there. It just wasn't so wrapped up in Los Angeles' trees, canyons, and flowers. It became more and more evident as I read that the beauty was in the relationships formed between the characters. After everything else is gone, the book reminded me of what was the most important. Love.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
4.5 stars for this trippy Homeric tale
By Quickbeam
I am a fan of this author and was eager to be an advanced reader of this new book. It is an apocalyptic tale of fantastic proportions. It has Block's usual lush and sensuous descriptive style.
The narrative follows the journey of a post earthquake Pen trying to reunite her world. This included new friends, family, backstory, magic and giants. Although I became impatient at points in the plot line, I was very satisfied at the end. The loose threads of plot that annoyed me were all resolved nicely.
This is a story for those unafraid of gender nuance and message. Both are present and sometimes a bit heavy handed. For that and the clunky title, I deducted half a star.
I read this book straight through and found it warming and affirming. There are elements of horror and darkness later balanced with hope and light. The imagery is pure Block with underlayment of Homer. It was a privilege to read and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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