Humanity, in the end, is like the insects Cooper studies - we’re resilient, we adapt - but the problem, as Cooper himself admits, is that there are trillions more bugs than humans.Īnd yet just before Boyle drives his characters over the edge, he eases off the accelerator long enough to find a little hope. It all seems so very plausible outside the pages of the book. So as the book’s characters continue to fly from Florida to California for family milestones like weddings and childbirths that become increasingly more grotesque, readers are treated to snippets in the news about a global refugee crisis and a defunct mall being retrofitted with row upon row of carbon dioxide-scrubbing plants. Climate change is already here and to expect enough humans to change their ways to significantly mitigate the impact is laughable. The point of Boyle’s satire, of course, is that she can’t. I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Cat and Cooper’s mom is given a sedative by her husband when she hears about Cooper’s fate, which she reluctantly takes “as if she could… pretend life was all blue skies and sunshine.” To go into greater detail spoils the “fun” of this darkly comic novel. (Liveright via AP)īut all that, argues Boyle, won’t stop horrible things from happening to these people. This cover image released by Liveright shows "Blue Skies" by T.
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And if they’re an entomologist like Cat’s brother, Cooper, they’ll cover all their exposed skin and work outdoors in the dangerous California sun, trying to collect data on why all the insects are dying.
Yes, if they live in almost-underwater Florida like Cat, the daughter in the book, they’ll fight back the ever-creeping mold in their house on stilts and pilot a boat to their kid’s pre-school. Set in a not-too-distant future, “Blue Skies” is a work of fiction that begins with the premise: How will humans really react when their day-to-day lives are impacted by climate change? Boyle’s answer: They won’t. But somehow none of them are quite as devastating as T.C. They’re packed with truly frightening scenarios based on science. There have been entire shelves of non-fiction books written about climate change.
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