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Named a MOST ANTICIPATED book of 2024 by LitHub A harrowing, intimate novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them teeters on the edge - marking an award-winning Latin American author's US debut. "An intimate, melancholic look at an ecologically ravaged future." - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic and Silver Nitrate * "Powerful and beautifully written." - The Guardian.

In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone can afford - a revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance.

In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining relationships: with her difficult but vulnerable mother; with the ex-husband for whom she still harbors feelings; with the boy she nannies, whose parents sent him away even as terrible threats loomed.