She worried about [her son, Seb] often, especially when rising waters were mentioned on the news, or the death of a species announced, or noises made… - Ali Shaw

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She worried about [her son, Seb] often, especially when rising waters were mentioned on the news, or the death of a species announced, or noises made about ice caps slipping into oceans. She thought of Seb leaning over his laptop, and what kind of world he was growing himself up in. And when the news brought tales of louder disasters, and to her shame Hannah found them easy to forget in her day-to-day rush, she feared a flood or a tidal wave of heart-stopping magnitude sweeping through the landscapes of Seb's future, and him having simply no idea of how to cope.

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About Ali Shaw

Ali Shaw (born in 1982) is an English novelist. His novels include 'The Girl with Glass Feet' (2009), 'The Man who Rained' (2012), and 'The Trees' (2016). He won the in 2010 for first first novel, 'The Girl with Glass Feet'.

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