Tilt
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- 18,99 €
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Picked as a most anticipated book of 2025 by Goodreads, Vogue, LitHub and TIME
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'Heralds the arrival of a powerful new literary voice' VOGUE
'Pacy, immaculately modulated' OBSERVER
'Had me turning the pages well into the night' JESSICA KNOLL, author of BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN
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Annie is nine months pregnant.
She’s shopping for a crib at IKEA.
That’s when the massive earthquake hits.
There’s nothing to do but walk.
Annie is 37 weeks pregnant, standing in IKEA, finally about to take home the crib she should have bought months ago. That’s when it happens – the long-anticipated Cascadia Earthquake, dismantling the East Coast of America in a matter of minutes.
Propulsive, disruptive, funny, terrifying, Tilt is a novel about how the foundations of our lives are built and shaken. About a woman trying to walk back to the husband she’s long been pushing away. About put-off dreams and inevitability and what makes us keep moving forward.
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'A compulsive read' LUAN GOLDIE, author of NIGHTINGALE POINT
'I was so mesmerized that I blew off all my responsibilities, threw all other reading aside, and blistered through the whole thing in one sitting' ANGIE KIM, author of HAPPINESS FALLS
'The Road meets Nightbitch meets What to Expect When You’re Expecting. I loved this novel' LYDIA KIESLING, author of The Golden State
'This riveting book made me laugh, cry, and think. I couldn’t put it down' HELEN PHILLIPS, author of Hum
About the author
Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer. Her work has been published in the Guardian, the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in Oregon.
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In Pattee's nail-biting debut, a pregnant woman navigates the aftermath of a major earthquake in Portland, Ore. The story opens with Annie, 35, shopping for a crib at IKEA on her first day of maternity leave. She grows angry with salesperson Taylor for overlooking her, until a massive tremor rattles the building and she's trapped by shifting boxes and cabinets. After Taylor helps her escape, Annie flees without her wallet or keys, joining a crowd walking to the heart of the city. She needs to find her husband, Dom, a jovial, struggling actor who works at a café four miles away. Despite her pregnancy, few are willing to give her a ride on the city's cracked streets, and she is wary of those who do stop. Still, Annie is tenacious and leans into her dark sense of humor, mentally drafting an Instagram post ("Well, didn't think my morning would go like this") and wondering if all the damaged housing might mean that she and Dom will be able to afford their own place. Pattee's depiction of a post-earthquake Portland feels bracingly realistic, and her depictions of marriage and impending motherhood are achingly raw. Shocking and full of heart, this leaves a mark.
