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02874aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 A864E8AADE6411E8A1A4695297128E48 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 180122t20182018mnu 000 f eng d 010 $a 2018934486 020 $a 1555978185 020 $a 9781555978181 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1019944589 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d PX0 $d UAB $d OCLCF $d IW5 $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3558.A32346 $b S46 2018 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Hagy, Alyson Carol, $e author. 245 10 $a Scribe / $c Alyson Hagy. 260 $a Minneapolis, Minnesota : $b Graywolf Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 157 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "A haunting, evocative tale about the power of storytelling. A brutal civil war has ravaged the country, and contagious fevers have decimated the population. Abandoned farmhouses litter the isolated mountain valleys and shady hollows. The economy has been reduced to barter and trade. In this craggy, unwelcoming world, the central character of Scribe ekes out a lonely living on the family farmstead where she was raised and where her sister met an untimely end. She lets a migrant group known as the Uninvited set up temporary camps on her land, and maintains an uneasy peace with her cagey neighbors and the local enforcer. She has learned how to make paper and ink, and she has become known for her letter-writing skills, which she exchanges for tobacco, firewood, and other scarce resources. An unusual request for a letter from a man with hidden motivations unleashes the ghosts of her troubled past and sets off a series of increasingly calamitous events that culminate in a harrowing journey to a crossroads. Drawing on traditional folktales and the history and culture of Appalachia, Alyson Hagy has crafted a gripping, swiftly plotted novel that touches on pressing issues of our time--migration, pandemic disease, the rise of authoritarianism--and makes a compelling case for the power of stories to both show us the world and transform it."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Storytelling $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Civil war $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Letter writing $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Survival $v Fiction. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 21st century. 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Dystopian fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 10 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305015028.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012030810.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093159.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20230602010513.0 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209014704.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20191211012856.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191122022759.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190305060243.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181201010108.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20181102011218.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A864E8AADE6411E8A1A4695297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search