![]() ![]() In this novel, “Womack’s stark vision of the United States’s decline is an uncompromising satire that, perhaps even more than it did in the mid-1990s, forces us to confront a world instantly recognizable as our own” ( Los Angeles Review of Books). Dick Award, has been compared to both William Gibson and Kurt Vonnegut for his vivid prose and unbridled imagination. In the pages of her diary, Lola documents her family’s attempts to adjust as the city and the country spin out of control. Riots, fires, TB outbreaks, roaming gangs, and civil unrest have become commonplace, threatening the very fabric of life in New York. ![]() They move to a small apartment near Harlem, and Lola enrolls in public school-but the Harts aren’t alone in their troubles. It’s gotten so bad that they can no longer afford their Manhattan apartment or the tuition for Lola’s exclusive private school. ![]() Her father is a writer, but no one is buying his scripts. Her mother is a teacher, but she’s lost her job. Now the twelve-year-old girl’s once comfortable life is slowly falling apart. Until recently, Lola Hart’s biggest problem was her annoying little sister. ![]() A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: In a dystopian future New York, a girl’s diary chronicles her life as society begins to crumble around her. ![]()
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