SINKING ISLANDS by Cai Emmons - Review & Giveaway

In Cai Emmons' popular novel, WEATHER WOMAN, Bronwyn Artair drops out of her prestigious doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT to take a job as a television meteorologist in New Hampshire. It's there that she learns she has the power to control the weather.

Bronwyn's story continues in the recently published sequel, SINKING ISLANDS (RedHenPress). Bronwyn's notoriety has forced her into hiding with her boyfriend on a remote island off the coast of Seattle. It's a time for her to reflect on the results of her actions and the ethics of changing the world herself. Inspired by the chance that she may be able to teach others, she gathers a group of like-minded people at a camp in Northern New Hampshire. It's there that the group works to understand Bronwyn's connection to the natural earth and learn if they can activate their own powers.

Sinking Islands is an timely enjoyable read that focuses on our current concerns about climate change. Bronwyn is a smart, strong female protagonist, who readers will like and root for. She learns to wield her powers safely and bravely. Even the most reasonable person will find wonder and truth here.

SINKING ISLANDS stands alone. You don't have to read WEATHER WOMAN first, although you probably will want to because both books are so fabulous.

Cai Emmons is the author of the novels His Mother’s Son (Harcourt), The Stylist (HarperCollins), and Weather Woman (Red Hen Press). Her story collection Vanishing, winner of the 2018 Leapfrog Fiction Contest came out in March 2020. His Mother’s Son received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly, was a Booksense and Literary Guild selection, was translated into French and German, was reviewed by O Magazine and The Economist, and won an Oregon Book Award (the Ken Kesey Award) for fiction. About The Stylist, one of the earliest novels featuring a transgender character, Booklist said: “With family relations as twisted as a French braid and language as vivid as a platinum dye job, Emmons’ potent novel features magnetic characters and complex and compelling secrets.” Weather Woman, Emmons’s most recent novel, about a meteorologist who discovers she has the power to change the weather, has been featured in such places as LitHub, The Rumpus, Book Riot, Montana Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, The CCNY Grad Center, among others (see more coverage under “News”). The novel won a Nautilus Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.

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Emmons holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and two MFAs, one in film from New York University, one in fiction from the University of Oregon. She has taught at various colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California and the University of Oregon where she taught fiction and screenwriting from 2002-2018. She is now a full-time writer.

Thanks to Megan Beatie at MB Communications, we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us what your relationship is with nature. We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

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