{"product_id":"9781632869746","title":"The Rending and the Nest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling yet redemptive post-apocalyptic debut that examines community, motherhood, faith, and the importance of telling one's own story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen 95 percent of the earth's population disappears for no apparent reason, Mira does what she can to create some semblance of a life: She cobbles together a haphazard community named Zion, scavenges the Piles for supplies they might need, and avoids loving anyone she can't afford to lose. She has everything under control. Almost. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFour years after the Rending, Mira's best friend, Lana, announces her pregnancy, the first since everything changed and a new source of hope for Mira. But when Lana gives birth to an inanimate object--and other women of Zion follow suit--the thin veil of normalcy Mira has thrown over her new life begins to fray. As the Zionites wrestle with the presence of these Babies, a confident outsider named Michael appears, proselytizing about the world beyond Zion. He lures Lana away and when she doesn't return, Mira must decide how much she's willing to let go in order to save her friend, her home, and her own fraught pregnancy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eCalifornia \u003c\/i\u003eby Edan Lepucki and \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e by Emily St. John Mandel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rending and the Nest\u003c\/i\u003e uses a fantastical, post-apocalyptic landscape to ask decidedly human questions: How well do we know the people we love? What sustains us in the midst of suffering? How do we forgive the brokenness we find within others--and within ourselves?","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130772603120,"sku":"9781632869746","price":18.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632869746_p0.jpg?v=1763675145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632869746","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}