Severance
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Author:MA Ling
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ISBN:9781925773279
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Publication Date:September 2018
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Pages:291
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Text Publishing Company
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Country of Publication:
Severance
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Author:MA Ling
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ISBN:9781925773279
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Publication Date:September 2018
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Pages:291
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Text Publishing Company
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Country of Publication:
Description
Candace joins a small group of survivors, led by the power-hungry Bob, on their way to the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?
A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Severance is a moving family story, a deadpan satire and a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
Featured in the August 2018 Great Reads newsletter.
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Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine- her work, watching movies with her boyfriend, avoiding thoughts of her recently deceased Chinese immigrant parents. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps the world.
Candace joins a small group of survivors, led by the power-hungry Bob, on their way to the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?
A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Severance is a moving family story, a deadpan satire and a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
Featured in the August 2018 Great Reads newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.