What Love Can't Do (Resilience: A Trilogy of Climate Chaos) - Softcover

Beer, Kitty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891386549 ISBN 13: 9781891386541

Publisher: Plain View Press, 2006

Synopsis

Volume 1 in the trilogy: Resilience: A Trilogy of Climate Chaos

A daringly honest portrayal of the consequences of global warming, What Love Can't Do explores family relationships against the dramatic background of environmental collapse.

"Beer's prophetic look at the future seems not only eerily plausible but entirely possible. Her characters, amid rising environmental havoc and resulting social confusion, still search for things of value, striving to retain their humanity in the face of its opposite."
- William Routhier, Facets magazine

"The story is a good one, addressing questions of sexuality, environmentalism, totalitarianism, and the ability of the heart to love almost irregardless of external circumstances."
- Steven Lee Beeber, Editor of AWAKE! A Reader for the Sleepless

"A strong literary tone runs through a set of themes which are finally beginning to penetrate the consciousness of the mainstream, without being alarmist or polemic - rather, examining the human element, the experiences of individuals caught within the machine."
- Anthony Ravenscroft, Crossquarter Publishing Group

"I like the idea of an apocalyptic chaos that is not about bombs, macho guys, and machine guns, but about plausible outcomes of policies that have been and are being made by our government. It all comes across as dry arguments over the language of policy in Senate committees so I don't think people realize what it could actually mean."
- Martin A. Levin, Professor of Political Science, Brandeis University

About this title

About the Author:

Kitty Beer's stories and articles have appeared in print and online in the U.S. and Canada, including her work as an environmental journalist. Her screenplay, Home, placed in the 2004 International Screenwriting Awards contest. She is a member of the National Writers Union and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Kitty Beer grew up in New England and raised her two children in Canada, Germany, and upstate New York. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University, and a M.A. from Cornell University. She now makes her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is active in political and environmental efforts. The Hampshire Project is the third novel in a series titled Resilience: a Trilogy of Climate Chaos, reflecting Beer's emphasis on the courage of people to overcome disaster. The first two novels, What Love Can't Do (2006) and Human Scale (2010), are also published by Plain View Press, a 40 year-old literary publishing house focusing on issues of sociopolitical importance.

Visit Kitty Beer's website at http://kittybeer.net and her blog at http://planetprospect.blogspot.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plain View Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1891386549
• ISBN 13: 9781891386541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168