Why people recommend it
Troubled Waters is a novel by Mary Annaïse Heglar that explores complex themes intersecting with the climate crisis. When appearing on The Ezra Klein Show in an episode titled What Have We Learned From a Summer of Climate Reckoning? released on September 5, 2023, Dr. Kate Marvel discussed the title during the conversation. She stated that she had been fortunate enough to read a preliminary draft of the work. Furthermore, she described the publication as a warm, beautiful, and intricate story centered on a southern Black family as they wrestled with the ongoing climate crisis. Dr. Kate Marvel highlighted this upcoming novel by Mary Annaise Heglar as a prime example of effective and engaging climate fiction that readers should look out for. Through this endorsement on the podcast, the speaker brought attention to the nuanced ways literature can address environmental and familial struggles simultaneously, offering listeners a compelling narrative perspective on urgent ecological themes through the lived experiences of deeply realized characters navigating difficult realities in the American South.
Who recommended it
- Dr. Kate Marvel Recommended
Dr. Kate Marvel — 1 mention
“and so there's a book which I've been fortunate enough to read a preliminary draft of it's called Troubled Waters it's a novel by Mary Anna is hegler and it's just a warm and beautiful and complex story about a southern black family wrestling with the climate crisis”