An Inconvenient Book Club

The Inconvenient Book Club will feature a lively discussion of Helen Phillips' highly acclaimed climate fiction novel, Hum. Set in a future where artificial intelligence has superseded most workers, the forests have burned, and androids dispense therapy, surgery and advertising, Hum centers on May. She's a mother who undergoes plastic surgery on her face to earn money to feed her family and to afford a luxury vacation in the Botanical Garden, a walled paradise in the midst of the city. The New Yorker writes, "Hum, in particular, belongs to a class of recent fiction that entwines everyday descriptions of parenting with ecological anxiety."

Ask at the customer service desk for a copy of the book, beginning 4 weeks before the discussion date.