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Author:

Butler, Octavia E., author.

Title:

Parable of the talents / Octavia E. Butler.

Edition:

First Grand Central Publishing edition, reissued.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xv, 423 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Young women--Fiction.
Twenty-first century--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Political fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Science fiction.

Notes:

Includes "A conversation with Octavia E. Butler" and Reading Group Guide questions (pages 409-423).

Summary:

In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in northern California based on her newly founded faith, Earthseed. The fledgling community provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative president who vows to "make America great again." In an increasingly divided and dangerous nation, Lauren's subversive colony -- a minority religious faction led by a young black woman -- becomes a target for President Jarret's reign of terror and oppression. Years later, Asha Vere reads the journals of a mother she never knew, Lauren Olamina. As she searches for answers about her own past, she also struggles to reconcile with the legacy of a mother caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future.

Series:

Earthseed ; 2
Butler, Octavia E. Earthseed books ; 2.

ISBN:

153873219X
9781538732199

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1113276477

LCCN:

2019457277

Locations:

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)