{"product_id":"the-rending-and-the-nest-9781632869722","title":"The Rending and the Nest","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chilling yet redemptive post-apocalyptic debut that examines community  motherhood  faith  and the importance of telling ones own story.  When 95 percent of the earths 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 cant afford to lose. She has everything under control. Almost.  Four years after the Rending  Miras 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 doesnt return  Mira must decide how much shes willing to let go in order to save her friend  her home  and her own fraught pregnancy.  Like California by Edan Lepucki and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  The Rending and the Nest 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67904791838773,"sku":"ByrdShop_1632869721","price":37.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781632869722.jpg?v=1793852576","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rending-and-the-nest-9781632869722","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}