Parable of the Sower Variant:Regular It could happen

It could happen

Includes instructions for growing your own avocado tree

Originally published in 1998

where strange happenings are so normal that finding a mysterious thing growing in your armpit isn’t even considered a big deal

In the process

Parable of the Sower Variant:Regular It could happenWhen global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen year old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from