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Sign up todayThe Light Pirate
Narrator
Rosemary Benson
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Length
11 hours 18 minutes
Language
English
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“100% Loved this.”
— Kappy • HearthFire Books
Bookseller recommendation
“A survivor of a book. In the not-too-distant future, Florida is hurricane central, and Wanda (a hurricane namesake) is in the eye of this story that wraps around you; you’ll hold on for dear life, with everybody else.”
— Michelle Bear • Edmonds Bookshop
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“A warning of warming. This dystopian novel, set in what was something like the Everglades in Florida, gives a sticky, swampy story of the life of a girl born during a devastating hurricane. Reminiscent of Where the Crawdads Sing, but, dare I say, so much more! Fans of Lydia Millet's The Children's Bible and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven will enjoy this. Wonderfully read by Rosemary Benson on Libro.fm.”
— Melanie • The Well-Read Moose
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“Wanda, a devastating hurricane hits Florida. From it comes a young woman named for the storm, major changes to the landscape and environment and survival challenges for everyone who remains. Rich characters, suspenseful plot, and lush description make this one a really good read. ”
— Patience • Underground Books
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“Set in a near-future Florida that is undergoing ever more damaging hurricanes and extreme heat and flooding due to climate change, this is a coming-of-age story in a brutal environment that underscores how maintaining human connections is vital to survival. ”
— Erica • Author's Note
For readers of Station Eleven and Where the Crawdads Sing comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman’s lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world.
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.
As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.
Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel, Good Morning, Midnight (Random House, 2016), has been translated into 17 languages and is the inspiration for the film adaptation, The Midnight Sky. Her memoir, Motorcycles I’ve Loved (Riverhead, 2014), was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
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