Severance
of Ling Ma (Goodreads Author)
Description
Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies halt operations. The subways squeak to a halt. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.Candace wonât be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. Theyâre traveling to a place called 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, Ling Maâs Severance is a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale and satire.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 291 pages
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication Date August 14th 2018
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780374261597
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['New York City, New York (United States)']
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