{"product_id":"the-thinning-inga-simpson-paperback","title":"The Thinning -- Inga Simpson, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stunningly wrought . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/em\u003e moves with the compressed momentum of a thriller toward a spectacular climax.\" --\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-racing . . . [An] emotive tour de force.\" --\u003cem\u003eAustralian Women's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A spine-tingling literary thriller that will keep you racing to the end. \u003cem\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/em\u003e blurs the lines between animal, human, and adaptation, and provides a gripping glimpse of our possible future through a fascinating astrological lens. An emotional tribute to the natural world. Moving. Urgent. Beautifully written.\" --Karen Viggers, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Orchardist's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFIN GREW UP BY AN OBSERVATORY\u003c\/strong\u003e, learning about telescopes and planets, inspired by the passions of her mother and father, then leaders in their fields of astrophotography and astronomy. Those days are long over. Now Fin, her mother Dianella, and a band of outliers live deep off the grid, always on amber alert and always ready to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the outside world, things are not good: extinctions and a loss of diversity threaten what's left of the environment. With a new disaster looming, Fin finds herself thrust into an unlikely partnership with a stranger who has appeared in their camp. Terry is one of a new breed of evolved humans, the Incompletes, who are widely distrusted. But the pair will need to work together during a dangerous journey if they are to play their part in a plan to help restore the natural world--and humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisitely written novel of both nature and urgent psychological suspense. There are echoes of Margaret Atwood in its themes about fertility, and it is also reminiscent of Rumaan Alam's \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind, \u003c\/em\u003e Megan Hunter's \u003cem\u003eThe End We Start From, \u003c\/em\u003e and Joanne Ramos's \u003cem\u003eThe Farm.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inga Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/2\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.9\" H x 6\" L x 0.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781636142944\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53634783478059,"sku":"9781636142944","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781636142944.jpg?v=1780389597","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-thinning-inga-simpson-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}