A warm and witty saga about agribusiness, environmental activism, and communityâfrom the celebrated author of My Year of Meats and A Tale for the Time Being.
Yumi Fuller hasnât set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idahoâheart of the potato-farming industryâsince she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter returns to confront her dying parents, her best friend, and her conflicted past, and finds herself caught up in an altogether new drama. The post-millennial farming community has been invaded by Agribusiness forces at war with a posse of activists, the Seeds of Resistance, who travel the country in a camping car, âThe Spudnick,â biofueled by pilfered McDonaldâs french-fry oil.
Following her widely hailed, award-winning debut novel, My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki returns here to deliver a quirky cast of characters and a wickedly humorous appreciation of the foibles of corporate life, globalization, political resistance, youth culture, and aging baby boomers. All Over Creation tells a celebratory tale of the beauty of seeds, roots, and growthâand the capacity for renewal that resides within us all.
