![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An expat author, their aunt, Nollie, returns from abroad at seventy-three to a country that’s unrecognizable. Recently affluent, Avery is petulant that she can’t buy olive oil, while her sister, Florence, absorbs strays into her cramped household. economy spirals into dysfunction-the challenge of sheer survival. Once the inheritance turns to ash, each family member must contend with disappointment, but also-as the U.S. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their ninety-seven-year-old patriarch dies. What little remains to savers is rapidly eaten away by runaway inflation. “Deadbeat Nation” being unable to borrow, the government prints money to cover its bills. Overnight, on the international currency exchange, the “almighty dollar” plummets in value, to be replaced by a new global currency, the “bancor.” In retaliation, the president declares that America will default on its loans. In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless world war that will wipe out the savings of millions of American families. sovereign debt default on four generations of a once-prosperous American family “Instead of 1984, read this.” - Washington Postįrom New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver, a near-future novel that explores the aftershocks of an economically devastating U.S. ![]()
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