America Pacifica: A Novel
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But to Darcy, America Pacifica is simply home — the only one she's ever known. In spite of their poverty she lives contentedly with her mother, who works as a pearl diver. It's only when her mother doesn't come home one night that Darcy begins to learn about her past as a former "Mainlander," and her mother's role in the flight from frozen California to America Pacifica. Darcy embarks on a quest to find her mother, navigating the dark underbelly of the island, learning along the way the disturbing truth of Pacifica's early history, the far-reaching influence of its egomaniacal leader, and the possible plot to murder some of the island's first inhabitants — including her mother.
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Anna North. (2011). America Pacifica: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company.
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- Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica — one of the last places on earth that is still habitable, after North America has succumbed to a second ice age. Education, food, and basic means of survival are the province of a chosen few, while the majority of the island residents must struggle to stay alive. The rich live in "Manhattanville" mansions made from the last pieces of wood and stone, while the poor cower in the shantytown slums of "Hell City" and "Little Los Angeles," places built out of heaped up trash that is slowly crumbling into the sea. The island is ruled by a mysterious dictator named Tyson, whose regime is plagued by charges of corruption and conspiracy.
But to Darcy, America Pacifica is simply home — the only one she's ever known. In spite of their poverty she lives contentedly with her mother, who works as a pearl diver. It's only when her mother doesn't come home one night that Darcy begins to learn about her past as a former "Mainlander," and her mother's role in the flight from frozen California to America Pacifica. Darcy embarks on a quest to find her mother, navigating the dark underbelly of the island, learning along the way the disturbing truth of Pacifica's early history, the far-reaching influence of its egomaniacal leader, and the possible plot to murder some of the island's first inhabitants — including her mother. - reviews
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In her dark, page-turning debut, North tells the story of Darcy, an 18-year-old girl in a dystopian future whose mother goes missing. For as long as she can remember, Darcy has lived on America Pacifica, an isolated island nation, home to refugees from a mainland ravaged by drastic climate change. Their government is run by a Big Brother–like autocrat named Tyson whose strict social hierarchy allows the richest residents to live in luxury while most citizens live in hovels and can barely afford food. Despite these circumstances, Darcy and her mother, Sarah, are otherwise happy until one day when Sarah doesn't return from work. With no resources or leads, Darcy vows to find her mother, a mission aided by a tip from one of America Pacifica's first arrivals and the help of a dissident named Ansel. As Darcy follows a trail of clues and lands in some tense situations, North cleverly combines elements from other popular modern stories—a brave young heroine on an against-all-the-odds quest on a strange island with shocking secrets. Although the narrative and prose don't always excite with originality, the story—and the wealth of detail in a vividly imagined world—is memorable.
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On an island nation created after North America is ravaged by a new Ice Age, 18-year-old Darcy uncovers dark secrets about her homeland and its past when her mother Sarah goes missing.
North's richly imagined first novel is set several decades from now on the island of America Pacifica, located somewhere west of Hawaii and under threat of invader ships from the former 50th state. One of the only inhabitable places left in the world, it features facsimile towns like Manhattanville, Little Los Angeles and Upper Chicagoland that mirror cities past. Darcy, a waitress, lives a hand-to-mouth existence with Sarah, a pearl diver by trade, in a leaky apartment. Her mother, who arrived on the first boat from the mainland as a child, pointedly refuses to talk about her previous life. As she investigates Sarah's disappearance, Darcy is slowly awakened to the island's despotic rule, under which most citizens eat imitation turkey (jellyfish), seaweed salad and egg "product" while a privileged few living in exclusive areas dine on real steak and potatoes. Darcy also learns about a mainland visionary whose ideas so threaten the ruling powers, they are determined to kill people like Sarah who knew or had any connections with him. After she befriends radicals with plans to overthrow the aging ruler and his fake board of governors, Darcy becomes a prime target. North, a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is a stylish writer and a good storyteller who keeps the pages turning. Even as it utilizes some standard retro-future devices, the novel downplays science fiction in favor of a naturalistic and even realistic narrative. As plucky and resourceful as she is melancholic and vulnerable, Darcy is a likable heroine, and the supporting characters add to the book's flavor with their quirks.
An entertaining, stylishly written doomsday novel.
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