Lighthouse Island, Paulette Jiles
Lighthouse Island, Paulette Jiles
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Lighthouse Island
A Novel

Author: Paulette Jiles

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Unabridged: 14 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 10/08/2013

Synopsis

From the Author of the National Book Award Finalist News of the World Paulette Jiles, the bestselling author of the highly praised novels The Color of Lightning, Stormy Weather, and Enemy Women, pushes into new territory with Lighthouse Island—a captivating and atmospheric story set in the far future—a literary dystopian tale resonant with love and hope.In the coming centuries the world's population has exploded. The earth is crowded with cities, animals are nearly all extinct, and drought is so widespread that water is rationed. There are no maps, no borders, no numbered years, and no freedom, except for an elite few.
 
It is a harsh world for an orphan like Nadia Stepan. Growing up, she dreams of a green vacation spot called Lighthouse Island, in a place called the Pacific Northwest.When an opportunity for escape arises, Nadia embarks on a dangerous and sometimes comic adventure. Along the way she meets a man who changes the course of her life: James Orotov, a mapmaker and demolition expert. Together, they evade arrest and head north toward a place of wild beauty that lies beyond the megapolis—Lighthouse Island.

About Paulette Jiles

Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, Simon the Fiddler, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on February 24, 2017

Some of this was good, some of this was utterly unreadable. It was mostly a slog and it really didn't have to be. This is a poor book that could have been a fair to decent book with the help of a good editor. I also made the mistake of reading the author's goodreads profile halfway through it. She o......more

Goodreads review by 📚Linda on February 26, 2014

This novel does what good science fiction should do: it makes the reader think about how the current problems may affect the future. Nadia is trapped in a near-future dictatorial society where food and water are scarce and people are tuned to reality-like tv programming. The novel is chockfull of od......more

Goodreads review by Tamra on April 18, 2014

What makes this a 5 star for me? It was so engaging that I came out of my reading disoriented, as if I had literally come from Jiles' world back into my own and had to get my bearings again. I love it when authors write as if their readers are intelligent. Jiles wrote with great detail, so that alie......more

Goodreads review by Dan on July 18, 2013

**Note: This review is based on an advanced reader's copy** If I were to suggest a better title for this book, it would be Padding, because that's what this book is, pages and pages of padding. I get that setting is important, but the majority of the words in this book are the same descriptions of th......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen (Kat) on July 12, 2013

Imagine a world in the future. A world that has become so densely populated that green spaces no longer exist. They are now the product of advertisements to work towards using the credits you earn in hopes of visiting a place that only exists far from where you live now. Cities have developed so muc......more

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