Il me manque. Mais si j'aurais su ce qu'il était, l'aurais-je aimée quand même? Pourquoi pas? Je suis comme lui, seulement, il me faut un temps fou pour le comprendre. Tous ces changements le prouvaient. Un homme me court après pour m'avoir près de lui, parce que je suis la seule femelle de mon espèce. Viendra-t-il me sauver? Cet amour d'enfance va-t-il venir me chercher? J'espère bien que oui. Je l'aime. J'ai besoin de lui. Vais-je survivre? Peut-être. Je l'espère.

Okie's fifteen. She lives in New York. She's got a few problems: she's failing geography, her dad's a wimp, and her mother, Sumatra, is a stone cold bitch. But things get a lot worse when Sumatra turns into a zombie and eats Okie's dad. Clio, Okie's grandmother, lives in Toronto; but since the zombie apocalypse, Toronto's a lot further away than it used to be. Clio suggests that Okie transport Sumatra across the border, because family is family. But coaching Okie by cellphone isn't easy, and Clio has some zombies of her own to contend with. Luckily she has some garden tools. Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood team up for this unusual two-hander. Encompassing love, death, sex, and the meaning of family, The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home will surprise, delight, and convince you of the vital importance of keeping ready supplies of rhubarb and mini-wieners in your freezer at all times. The story unfolds beginning October 24.