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The Second History
The Second History | Rebecca Silver Slayter
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A novel of haunting beauty and ominous suspense, The Second History is a post-apocalyptic love story about a young couple embarking on a journey to understand, for the first time, what they've been hiding from all their lives. Born in a barren, altered future world, Eban has lived in hiding all his life without ever understanding why. After his mother's death, he retreated into the northern Appalachians with Judy, the only other woman he has ever known. But as the years passed and Judy suffered multiple miscarriages, she began to wonder what happened to the cities their parents fled, where a strange sickness is said to have spread among those who stayed behind. To stop the headstrong woman he loves from leaving the safety of the hills to travel to the cities, Eban convinces Judy instead to set out on a journey to the fabled colony of the original mountain settlers, where he promises her they'll find the answers she seeks. Now expecting a child once again, Judy and Eban begin their climb deep into the mountains. Along the way, the people they encounter and the secrets they uncover will threaten their lives and the ties between them, further complicating what they know of the world beyond the mountains and of each other. Set in a far-flung time and place that begin to feel increasingly familiar, The Second History explores the devastating effects of environmental catastrophe on human relationships. It is a story about the limits of our ability to know each other or understand the past . . . and about the courage it takes to invent the world again for those we love.
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The Second History | Rebecca Silver Slayter

I finished The Second History, and many others besides it, but…I seem to have lost the ability to talk about books or even to want to do so. The words that might be right, or at least right for me, have dried up and left me bereft. I can‘t imagine why.

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A loaner from a friend, which looks both very interesting and a titch depressing. I guess I‘ll wait and see…

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Two audiobook narrators, Wesley French and Natasha Mumba, voice the alternating viewpoints of the young couple at the heart of this deeply character-based post-apocalypse survival adventure. The two perspectives work well with the central question of how much we can ever know even the people closest to us. I also like the way the author explores xenophobia, neurodiversity, and the issue of safety versus self-agency. #CanLit #shadowgiller2021

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DivineDiana Beautiful! 3y
PhyllisH Absolutely stunning. I love 💙the pops of dark blue color. 👍🏻👏🏻 3y
Lindy @DivineDiana @PhyllisH Thank you! I‘m very pleased with this one. My sweetie says the blue dots look like corona virus. 😁 🦠 3y
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Leftcoastzen Oh wow, you make so many marvelous things! Beautiful! 3y
Simona Beautiful❣️ And I agree with your sweetie. 3y
PhyllisH @Lindy They do😁 3y
PhyllisH @Lindy They do😁 3y
Lindy @Leftcoastzen Thanks! 😘 3y
Lindy @Simona Thanks! ☺️ 3y
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