The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047

"Brexit happened as I read The Mandibles: A Family 2029-2047. The sky-is-falling narrative that accompanied the U.K.’s vote to exit the EU turned out to be the ideal background music for this book. The dystopian tale by Lionel Shriver follows the extended and once wealthy Mandible family into a world in which the dollar is worthless, inflation skyrockets, food and basics are in short supply, the United States is no longer No. 1. Mexico builds a wall to keep indigent Americans from fleeing south. It felt all too possible. I highly recommend this compelling take on a broken, but not hopeless future."