The compelling story of a mother’s lonely search for her lost child is a fresh and brilliant debut, writes Anne Kennedy.
Unsheltered
by Clare Moleta (Simon & Schuster/Scribner, $35)
very so often, a novel comes along that has everything: a compelling narrative, a beautifully calibrated voice, a story that speaks fearlessly to our times, plus – incredibly – it’s fresh from the keyboard of a debut writer. Clare Moleta’s dystopian thriller-but-literary Unsheltered is such a novel. When considered among other works in this genre, such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way, and various Margaret Atwoods, is without question their equal.
