Join us for our book club discussion of Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. This month’s title is the first book in an adult apocalyptic duology following a young woman as she flees the fires ravaging southern California and building a new religion along the way.
From the Publisher:
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 faith… and a startling vision of human destiny.
This discussion is part of our our Ten Years of Girls in Capes Book Club at Main Point Books celebration in 2024. Parable of the Sower was originally part of our 2015 book club lineup and has also been featured in our book club at the former Amalgam Comics.
Meet us in person at Main Point Books on February 17 at 4 p.m. Eastern for this book discussion by RSVPing via Facebook Events. Please visit Main Point Books online to order your copy of Parable of the Sower or Butler’s other speculative novels for delivery or in-store pickup.
