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Rushing to Paradise

Led by a charismatic and slightly unhinged woman, a group of environmentalists wrest control over a small South Pacific island in hopes of cultivating it into their own private Eden. But paradise is not quite what it seems in this "searing" (Kirkus Reviews) send-up of environmentalism, feminism, and extremism of all sorts.

Genre
science fictiondystopialiterary fictionsatire
Themes
environment
Setting
1990s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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