We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . .
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life
during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an
old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks
about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie
theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and
dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now,
at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the
militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too
damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer
pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . .
There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They
are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy,
superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most
influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different.
He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his
father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his
mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it''s his
claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling
of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his
mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the
Dome to find her.
When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over
again.
關於作者：
JULIANNA BAGGOTT is the author of many books including
national bestseller Girl Talk. Her work has appeared in
dozens of publications, including The New York Times, Washington
Post, Boston Globe, Best American Poetry 2000, 180 More
Extraordinary Poems for Everyday ed. Billy Collins, The
Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Virginia Quarterly
Review, Poetry, Glamour, Ms. Magazine, and
read on NPR''s Talk of the Nation. And her books have
received critical acclaim from reviewers and fellow authors
alike.
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