Chilco: A Novel Rachel Piercey Instead of bartering with fate

Instead of bartering with fate

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Chilco: A Novel Rachel Piercey Instead of bartering with fateA near future fable about love, life, and friendship in a world that's coming apart. Chilco is the name of Pascale's home island. It is also the Mapudungun word for fuchsia: a word that evokes tropical lushness, wetness, the deep greenness of the forest. Pascale's partner, Marina, grew up in the vertical slums of Capital City, a place scarred by centuries of colonialism and now the ravages of feckless developers. Every day the couple fear a sinkhole