The Light Pirate

De: Lily Brooks-Dalton

Narrado por: Rosemary Benson

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Set in the near future, this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous child born out of a devastating hurricane—as she navigates a rapidly changing world: A “symphony of beauty and heartbreak” (Associated Press).

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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.
©2022 Lily Brooks-Dalton (P)2022 Grand Central Publishing

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“This is one of the most daring, deeply imagined and moving novels I have read. The writer asks us to consider a near-apocalyptic future, but, in prose that is beautiful and precise, Brooks-Dalton offers us hope that we are capable of remaking this world as a gentler and more generous-hearted place. Readers will not forget this beautiful book.”—Meredith Hall, Author of Beneficence

"I read this book in a whirlwind, voracious as the hurricanes at its heart. Lily Brooks-Dalton writes with the kind of intricate sensitivity that leaves one grateful to be—faultily, flimsily, adaptably, temporarily—human. Harrowing, tender, and urgent, The Light Pirate is a novel of global scope and exquisite intimacy."—Rachel Lyon, Author of Self-Portrait With Boy

"Lily Brooks-Dalton is an audacious, exquisite writer whose work pulses with humanity and hope. In The Light Pirate, her mesmerizing new novel, Brooks-Dalton achieves the impossible: she leaves us feeling grateful to be alive even as she describes, with pinpoint precision, the end of the world as we know it. Gripping, poetic, and wholly original, this book changed how I see the future. I’ll never forget it."—Jillian Medoff, Author of When We Were Bright and Beautiful

Eerie rendition of our future world

Fascinating story of a survivalist and a young girl finding their way in an ever changing climate in Florida.

The story took my breath.

how this author writes with such a degree of poignant and devastating reality is a wonderment. these characters will stay in my heart and float around in my head for a long time after I finished the book.

A page turner here!

I so enjoyed this book. I read it in one day I could not put it down. It reminds me of another book. I read many years ago called the Road.

I love this book!

This is a beautiful book. So believable while stretching the imagination. Sad and scary and hopeful and magical all at the same time.

Staggeringly bittersweet

A very sad, but increasingly hopeful look at climate change. This book follows a young lady's story from birth to death. Wanda, who was born during a hurricane marks the beginning of how humans evolve to become part of a new world, where civilization is going back to the wild, particularly in the landscape of Florida. Wanda loses everyone and everything, but then gains back a new life and new way.

Great read

Good story, good character development and very prophetic for Americas future - a warning to us all.

Water, Power, Light, Time

This could be read either as a warning or an epiphany. I think there’s little doubt at least part of our future will be unfolding as depicted here, and honestly, that caused a little anxiety. I don’t feel ready! But we are lead also to believe in our collective future, that for at least this little slice of humanity, good will ultimately prevail.

The imagery is lovely, the pace moves along - was definitely never bored, there’s gentle suspense. Really thought and emotion provoking, very much enjoyed.

One of the best books I’ve read this year!

I couldn’t stop listening once I got started. The story tells of the effects of our changing climate in a very human way. It was thoughtfully written and is able to credibly include a bit of supernatural wonder. Excellent book.

Dull slog. Not my cup of tea

I don’t understand where the great reviews are coming from. It’s slow and sad and the author doesn’t do much with some aspects of the story that have great potential. Skip it.

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i for the most part enjoyed the story. It start was a little bit of a shock but not unrealistic. i would like to have know the years but also understand that the years didnt matter the descriptions of people was a great indicator of passing time.