Hagy, Alyson

Scribe : a novel / Alyson Hagy - Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press , c2018 - 157 p ; 21 cm

A tale about the power of storytelling. A civil war has ravaged the country, and fevers have decimated the population. The main character, Scribe, ekes of a living on a farm, ultimately letting a migrant group set up camp on her land. She develops survival skills which she uses to barter. A ghost of her hidden past arises, setting off a harrowing journey.


English

9781555978181


Storytelling---Fiction
Civil war---Fiction
Communicable Diseases----Fiction
Young women----Fiction
Letter writing----Fiction
Survival---Fiction

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