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by Debbie Ann Ice
by Debbie Ann Ice
It’s the year 20-something—a changed yet still complacent America—and Lorraine Mulderon is mad. She’s mad that dying fish litter the shores of her small Connecticut coastal town. She’s mad birds seem to be dying, possibly indirectly related to fish deaths. She’s still mad about a wave of crow deaths over a decade ago. But, mostly, Lorraine is mad at the lack of madness.
She makes speeches. She phones lazy, and now corrupt, legislators. She is ignored. What has happened to passion? What has happened to our country? To her daughter’s consternation, Lorraine disappears during a protest march. Perhaps Lorraine’s favorite birds—blue jays—can fill in these blanks.
Actually, a bird’s eye view reveals certain truths too difficult for all of us immersed, anchored, and egocentric humans to understand. The blue jays know Lorraine’s is a story about our country’s greatest sin—the normalization of tragedy.
"This book not only has a well-written plot but the concept itself is really good and necessary in its own right. I loved the characters and was able to connect and relate to them. The pacing and tension are apt and compliment the story beautifully. I really enjoyed reading this emotional, at times funny and beautiful read and would definitely recommend it to readers of literary and women’s fiction." — Review, The Reading Bud
"Debbie Ann Ice paints an intriguing picture of an eccentric, caring, well-meaning but rather a dysfunctional personality, who takes the advice of her therapist and acts before she thinks . . . This is an absorbing story of the state of society and its ecological issues, filled with irony and humor." — Reviewed by Leonard William Smuts, Readers' Favorite
“Debbie Ann Ice achieves the impossible with this wildly compelling story about a woman obsessed with saving a collapsing world. Mixing politics and environmental activism, Ice creates a dark but all-too-believable future, managing to infuse it with hope and humor. It’s stunning!” — Ellen Meister, author of Love Sold Separately
“This is a smart and important and wonderfully funny book from the point of view of the daughter of a woman obsessed by the environmental disasters around her. It takes place sometime in the future but I hope all young people read it right now while there’s still time to grow up and do something about it. And on the way, hand the book to your mother and tell her to get busy saving the planet for you.” — Barbara Milton, award-winning author, environmental activist, former Director of Connecticut Audubon in Milford
Details
Details
Bink Books
272 pp. ● 6×9
$16.95 (pb) ● $8.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-949290-56-1 (pb)
FICTION / Political
FICTION / Satire
FICTION / Nature & the Environment
FICTION / Humorous / General
FICTION / Animals
Publication date: April 22, 2021
Debbie Ann Ice is originally from the sultry south but now lives in frigid New England—where she talks to birds and dogs, while hiking. She enjoys sports and politics (she is not running for anything and will never run for anything!). She used to be involved in the financial services industry but left that long ago because of family obligations. She is considering a return. She writes because she loves interesting, courageous, quirky people and when she meets them, she stores them in her head. They eventually cannot stand her head and want to be released upon a page. She lets them go. (Ok, maybe she is quirky too.)
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