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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Critically acclaimed, for readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Jennifer Egan's The Candy House, a moving and darkly funny novel about an attempt to found an underground Utopia...
An abandoned restaurant on a hill off the highway in Western Massachusetts doesn't look like much. But to Rio, a young Black woman bereft after the loss of her newborn child, this hill becomes more than a safe haven - it becomes a place to start over. She convinces her husband to help her construct a society underground, somewhere everyone can feel safe, loved, and accepted.
Soon their utopia begins to take shape and attracts the unhoused, the disillusioned, and the spiritually lost. But no matter how much these people all yearn for a sanctuary from the existential dread of life above the surface, what happens if this new society can't actually work?
From an exciting new literary voice, The New Naturals is fresh and deeply perceptive, capturing the absurdity of life in the 21st century. In this remarkable feat of imagination, Bump shows us that, ultimately, it is our love for and connection to each other that will save us.
RECOMMENDED FOR: Grown-Ups
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publish Date: Hardcover - November 14, 2023 / Paperback - October 22, 2024
Pages: Hardcover - 304 / Paperback - 320
Dimensions: Hardcover - 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches | 0.8 pounds / Paperback - 8.2 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language: English
Type: Hardcover
Condition: NEW
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