The Girl in the Road
A Novel
Monica Byrne
- A
- debut
- thatthe
- Los
- Angeles
- Times
- calls
- “vividly
- imagined,”
- The
- Girl
- in
- the
- Road
- describes
- a
- future
- that
- is
- culturally
- lush
- and
- emotionally
- wrenching.Monica
- Byrne
- bursts
- on
- to
- the
- literary
- scene
- with
- an
- extraordinary
- vision
- of
- the
- future.
- In
- a
- world
- where
- global
- power
- has
- shifted
- east
- and
- revolution
- is
- brewing,
- two
- women
- embark
- on
- vastly
- different
- journeys—each
- harrowing
- and
- urgent
- and
- wholly
- unexpected.When
- Meena
- finds
- snakebites
- on
- her
- chest,
- her
- worst
- fears
- are
- realized:
- someone
- is
- after
- her
- and
- she
- must
- flee
- India.
- As
- she
- plots
- her
- exit,
- she
- learns
- of
- the
- Trail,
- an
- energy-harvesting
- bridge
- spanning
- the
- Arabian
- Sea
- that
- has
- become
- a
- refuge
- for
- itinerant
- vagabonds
- and
- loners
- on
- the
- run.
- This
- is
- her
- salvation.
- Slipping
- out
- in
- the
- cover
- of
- night,
- with
- a
- knapsack
- full
- of
- supplies
- including
- a
- pozit
- GPS,
- a
- scroll
- reader,
- and
- a
- sealable
- waterproof
- pod,
- she
- sets
- off
- for
- Ethiopia,
- the
- place
- of
- her
- birth.Meanwhile,
- Mariama,
- a
- young
- girl
- in
- Africa,
- is
- forced
- to
- flee
- her
- home.
- She
- joins
- up
- with
- a
- caravan
- of
- misfits
- heading
- across
- the
- Sahara.
- She
- is
- taken
- in
- by
- Yemaya,
- a
- beautiful
- and
- enigmatic
- woman
- who
- becomes
- her
- protector
- and
- confidante.
- They
- are
- trying
- to
- reach
- Addis
- Abba,
- Ethiopia,
- a
- metropolis
- swirling
- with
- radical
- politics
- and
- rich
- culture.
- But
- Mariama
- will
- find
- a
- city
- far
- different
- than
- she
- ever
- expected—romantic,
- turbulent,
- and
- dangerous.As
- one
- heads
- east
- and
- the
- other
- west,
- Meena
- and
- Mariama’s
- fates
- are
- linked
- in
- ways
- that
- are
- mysterious
- and
- shocking
- to
- the
- core.Written
- with
- stunning
- clarity,
- deep
- emotion,
- and
- a
- futuristic
- flair,
- The
- Girl
- in
- the
- Road
- is
- an
- artistic
- feat
- of
- the
- first
- order:
- vividly
- imagined,
- artfully
- told,
- and
- profoundly moving.
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