📖 peek insideThe Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
On a continent called the Stillness, catastrophic geological events known as Seasons periodically threaten to wipe out civilization. Essun, a woman hiding her dangerous ability to manipulate the earth, returns home to find her husband has murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. As a new, world-ending Season begins, Essun embarks on a desperate journey across a dying land. This Hugo Award-winning masterpiece is a profound exploration of systemic oppression, motherhood, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst environmental collapse.
A popular book with millions of readers worldwide.
Notable Quotes
"For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question."
"Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind."
"Tell them they can be great someday, like us. Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them. Tell them they must earn the respect which everyone else receives by default. Tell them there is a standard for acceptance; that standard is simply perfection. Kill those who scoff at those contradictions, and tell the rest that the dead deserved annihilation for their weakness and doubt. Then they'll break themselves trying for what they'll never achieve"
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