Thrust: A Novel

Lidia Yuknavitch

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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER.

THRUST IS:

“Epic.” –The New York Times

“A triumph.” —Elle

“Stunningly beautiful.” —The Daily Beast

“Both of the moment and utterly timeless.” —Chicago Review of Books

“A book to take in wide-eyed.” —Rebecca Makkai.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST.

As rising waters—and an encroaching police state—endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history.

Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins—vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the story of Laisvė, a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time.

Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two centuries: a French sculptor; a woman of the American underworld; a dictator's daughter; an accused murderer; and a squad of laborers at work on a national monument.

Through intricately braided storylines, Laisvė must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the present day, and then, finally, to the early days of her imperfect country, to forge a connection that might save their lives—and their shared dream of freedom.

A dazzling novel of body, spirit, and survival, Thrust will leave no reader unchanged.

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August 2022: THRUST

• The kind of book you can read 20 times and always learn something new. A wild cast of characters connected through time travel, this book is fiercely feminist and deliciously mind-boggling.

September: TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

• Just a little book that no one has heard of (jokes: it won the ‘best book of the year’ pretty much everywhere). An ode to love, loss, and redemption set in the world of gaming. This book is a delight.

October: HOUSE OF HUNGER

• Need a gothic horror centered around classism, blood as currency, and dangerous liaisons? Look no further.

November: SCYTHE + MY FIRST POPSICLE

• Scythe: our only YA pick of the year and the start of a series that Inky club members can’t get enough of. Imagine a world without natural death, hence the need for gleanings to regulate the population. Whoa.

Our non-fiction pick

• @zosiamamet curated a delightful book of essays around the power of food, including recipes and a vast array of names you’ll certainly know.

December: KINDRED

• Decided to wrap the year with Octavia Butler’s classic. She braided the slave narrative with time travel and fantasy, resulting in a completely unique and gut-wrenching look at the antebellum south.

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Conclusion

A powerful exploration into resilience and connection, Thrust invites readers to rethink the boundaries of time, place, and identity.