02309cam a2200433 i 4500 2814427786 TxAuBib 20260720120000.0 r 260715s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781538765494 electronic bk. 1538765497 electronic bk. MWT19972201 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Butler, Octavia E, author. Parable of the Sower [Hoopla] / Octavia E. Butler. [United States : Grand Central Publishing, 2023. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (368 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Parable (Butler) ; ; 1 Instant title available through hoopla. This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author. When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new and a startling vision of human destiny. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. African Americans Fiction. Coming of age Fiction. Women Fiction. Fiction. Electronic books. Apocalyptic fiction. Dystopian fiction. Science fiction. hoopla digital. Parable (Butler) ; ; 1. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15815389?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh2017 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hbg_9781538765494_180.jpeg Cover image