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A review by adrith
City of Savages by Lee Kelly
4.0
[Received Advance Reader's Copy at ALA Midwinter 2015. Added to Owings Mills "Staff Recommendations" display 3/17/2015.]
This story, told from the perspective of two sisters, tells of a New York that has survived after devastation in the Third World War. The young women and their mother, who have worked hard to maintain some freedom in a highly regimented community of survivors, learn that not all in their reduced worldview, or the much greater world outside the confines of Manhattan, is as it seems.
I really enjoyed this book. The tale is more compelling for having the points of view of two strong - but strong in very different ways - female characters.
This story, told from the perspective of two sisters, tells of a New York that has survived after devastation in the Third World War. The young women and their mother, who have worked hard to maintain some freedom in a highly regimented community of survivors, learn that not all in their reduced worldview, or the much greater world outside the confines of Manhattan, is as it seems.
I really enjoyed this book. The tale is more compelling for having the points of view of two strong - but strong in very different ways - female characters.