MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood Groundswell Speaker 2024

MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood Groundswell Speaker 2024By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceToby, a survivor of the man made plague that has swept the earth, is telling stories. Stories left over from the old world, and stories that will determine a new one. Listening hard is young Blackbeard, one of the innocent Crakers, the species designed to replace humanity. Their reluctant prophet, Jimmy the Snowman, is in a coma, so they've chosen a new hero Zeb, the street smart man Toby loves. As

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They don’t compromise quality or flavor—and they deliver every time

Since the publication of his first book

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