The Impracticalities
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Maude, Florence, and Cara are three unremarkable teenagers, as thirsty as the rest for a bit of excitement and a few days off from school. One afternoon during a flash May thunderstorm, their lives are flipped upside down when their train home goes off the maps.
Destination: a frantic, crumbling city in an entire world made up of fairytales. A hundred years behind them in technology, yet the people here can manipulate the elements. Four cultures governed mysteriously by unseen rulers and guided by holy spirits in The Vacancy; the land of life after death.
The three girls find themselves more alone than ever until they discover alliances, romance, and uncharted abilities. They find themselves at the edge of peril where all decisions count, no matter how impractical.
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