{"product_id":"lilith-s-brood-by-octavia-e-butler","title":"Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, an epic, sensual, and disturbing afrofuturistic trilogy of human transformation—presented for the first time in a single volume.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCenturies later, she is resurrected by miraculously powerful unearthly beings called the Oankali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDriven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But Lilith and all humanity must now share the world with uncanny, unimaginably alien creatures: their own children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is their story…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower,\u003c\/i\u003e which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67954668666940,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/71ddKZvXRtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1794266463","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/lilith-s-brood-by-octavia-e-butler","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}