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Praised as "a deeply noticed, deeply moving tale...chilling and finely tuned" (Publishers Weekly), Susan Palwick's first book Soaring in Place acquired widespread acclaim because of its haunting exploration of a troubled childhood. Now, after a decade, Palwick earnings with the powerful tale of a family cast out of your idyllic realm, understanding how to live in our own troubled world - an exciting and insightful examination of humanity in the nature of Ursula Le Guin's The Disposessed and Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. Lmabantunk, the Glorious City, is a location of peacefulness and plenty. Nonetheless it is also a land of swift and severe justice. Young Darroti has been accused of the murder of an highborn girl who had chosen the life of an Mendicant, a holy beggar whose blessing brings forgiveness. Now his complete family must show his pity, and his consequence - exile to the unidentified world. Grieving for the life they have gone behind, Darroti and his family end up in a hostile land - an all-too-familiar American future, a country under attack in a world torn by hatred and battle. There, each tries to cope in their own way. Some will surrender to despair. Some will make an effort to protect the old ways. Some will be lured by the new world's temptations. Plus some, sustained by astonishing love, will see ways to heal the family's grief and give them hope.
