{"product_id":"9781538732182-1","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren's story continues in \u003ci\u003eThe Parable of the Talents. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48662707503336,"sku":"9781538732182","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_29bafe55-232d-4f63-a786-a9b6dcf340d2.jpg?v=1781814267","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.ca\/products\/9781538732182-1","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}