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"The Candide of our #@$\*%? age."-- Ken Liu, award-winning author

Catherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland returns with The Past Is Red, the enchanting, dark, funny, angry story of a girl who made two terrible mistakes: she told the truth and she dared to love the world. A Hugo Award finalist An inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction finalist A Locus Award finalist The future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown. Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she's the only one who knows it. She's the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it's full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time. But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781250301130
  • ISBN-10: 1250301130
  • Publisher: Tordotcom
  • Publish Date: July 2021
  • Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
  • Page Count: 160

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