The Past Is Red
Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
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· 24 ratings · 155 pages · Published: 20 Jul 2021
The future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown.
Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she's the only one who knows it. She's the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it's full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time.
But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.
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- coming of age 2
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- dark 2
- horror 2
- satire 1
- literary fiction 1
- futuristic 1
- funny 1
- disaster/catastrophe 1
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