01-21-2026, 09:26 AM
Saltcrop by Yumi Kitasei
On, Dystopia, I am tired of reading about you while I am currently living in one. It's the future. Oceans levels have risen flooding cities. A blight has destroyed most of the food supply and the only solution is a pesticide called Amaranthine which is pretty toxic. The story is broken into three parts each with a different narrator. All the narrators are sisters: Skipper, Carmen and Nora. The book starts with the youngest, Skipper and how she struggles to survive the broken world of not enough food and dealing with her grandmother sinking into dementia. News comes that the oldest sister, Nora, has vanished, so Skipper sets off in her boat to find her. Carmen the middle sister comes along because she doesn't trust Skipper to do it right. Carmen is also infected by a fungus caused probably by exposure to Amaranthine.
They have sad adventures with cannibal pirates and an overbearing man who wants to help but just uses them. They find clues of Nora along the way. It leads a less than merry chase. Carmen narrates the middle portion of the book. Nora does the final bit.
It's all very sad. The big thrust of the book details how the different sisters see each other and how wrong they are. It ends kind of on a hopeful note but only by the smallest of margins.
On, Dystopia, I am tired of reading about you while I am currently living in one. It's the future. Oceans levels have risen flooding cities. A blight has destroyed most of the food supply and the only solution is a pesticide called Amaranthine which is pretty toxic. The story is broken into three parts each with a different narrator. All the narrators are sisters: Skipper, Carmen and Nora. The book starts with the youngest, Skipper and how she struggles to survive the broken world of not enough food and dealing with her grandmother sinking into dementia. News comes that the oldest sister, Nora, has vanished, so Skipper sets off in her boat to find her. Carmen the middle sister comes along because she doesn't trust Skipper to do it right. Carmen is also infected by a fungus caused probably by exposure to Amaranthine.
They have sad adventures with cannibal pirates and an overbearing man who wants to help but just uses them. They find clues of Nora along the way. It leads a less than merry chase. Carmen narrates the middle portion of the book. Nora does the final bit.
It's all very sad. The big thrust of the book details how the different sisters see each other and how wrong they are. It ends kind of on a hopeful note but only by the smallest of margins.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm