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Can I read Trashlands on EtoBox?

Trashlands by Alison Stine is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Trashlands about?

"This thought-provoking apocalypse noir fires on all cylinders." –Publishers Weekly starred review From the author of Road Out of Winter, winner of the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award, comes a resonant, visionary novel about the power of art and the sacrifices we are willing to make for the ones we love A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides. Global powers have agreed to not produce any new plastics, and what is left has become valuable: garbage is currency. In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a "plucker," pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. She's stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge, where the local women dance for an endless loop of strangers and the club's violent owner rules as unofficial mayor. Amid the polluted landscape, Coral works desperately to save up enough to rescue her child from the recycling factories, where he is forced to work. In her stolen free hours, she does something that seems impossible in this place: Coral makes art. When a reporter from a struggling city on the coast arrives in Trashlands, Coral is presented with an opportunity to change he

Who reads Trashlands?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Alison Stine
Publisher
MIRA Books
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9780369703446
Category
science
Subjects
Science Fiction, Fiction
Rating
4.2 / 5 (147 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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