{"product_id":"a-half-built-garden-paperback","title":"A Half-Built Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuthanna Emrys\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extra-terrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth.\u003ci\u003e A Half-Built Garden\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an alien community worth entering with open arms. It's not the easiest future to build, but it's one that just might be in reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out to check what she expects to be a false alarm--and stumbles upon the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of Earth must leave their ecologically-ravaged planet behind and join them among the stars. And if humanity doesn't agree, they may need to be saved by force. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the watershed networks that rose up to save the planet from corporate devastation aren't ready to give up on Earth. Decades ago, they reorganized humanity around the hope of keeping the world livable. By sharing the burden of decision-making, they've started to heal our wounded planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now corporations, nation-states, and networks all vie to represent humanity to these powerful new beings, and if anyone accepts the aliens' offer, Earth may be lost. With everyone's eyes turned skyward, the future hinges on Judy's effort to create understanding, both within and beyond her own species.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuthanna Emrys is the author of the Innsmouth Legacy series, including \u003ci\u003eWinter Tide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeep Roots\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eImperfect Commentaries\u003c\/i\u003e collection. She writes radically hopeful short stories about religion and aliens and psycholinguistics. She lives in a mysterious manor house on the outskirts of Washington, DC with her wife and their large, strange family. She creates real versions of imaginary foods in her crowded kitchen, gives unsolicited advice, and occasionally attempts to save the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761024860448,"sku":"9781250210999","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d8dad93e95727151e34ccf5578919c5.webp?v=1780197502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-half-built-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}