Landscapes

"In the last days of Mornington Hall, an ancient family estate in a futuristic Britain demolished by earthquakes and climate change, Penelope finishes archiving the contents of a once-grand library. Disaster refugees have joined them to make Mornington a last-ditch respite. But Penelope and her partner Aidan are out of money and time, and the estate has been sold. Working against time to catalog artists and storytellers before the building is demolished, her archive becomes a diary of solace and poignant recollection until she learns Julian – Aidan’s brother and Penelope’s rapist – is returning to see his former home one last time. As she writes an elegy of preservation, Penelope navigates a prosaic detour around her future shock."