Sobering CliFI

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With the strange winter weather we've had in my neck of the woods, cli-fi books seem far too close to nonfiction at times. This distressing story features a current perspective of Signe, an older woman traveling alone over the ocean and reflecting on her past and, along the way, the changing climate she's witnessed. In 2041, David and his young daughter Lou arrive in a refugee camp, fleeing fire and war in a drought riddled world.
Signe's story helped drive home how quickly change can happen. David's story was devastating- his youth, his confusion of how to care for his daughter and move forward as he searches for his wife and son, the impossibility and hopelessness of the situation. I felt profoundly impacted by this story- it was impossible to use water in any way while reading this and not think about both the story and my environmental impact.
I didn't read the first in Maja Lunde's climate series (The History of Bees), but from what I can tell they can be read independently.