{"id":6215,"date":"2016-10-17T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2020-01-25T22:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T22:55:28","slug":"station-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6215","title":{"rendered":"Station Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Station-Eleven-Emily-John-Mandel\/dp\/1447268970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Station_Eleven.jpg\" alt=\"Station_Eleven\" width=\"328\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I read this for reading group.  I enjoyed how it transported me to different worlds with its powerful descriptions of landscapes.  Unlike many post-apocalyse stories, this one didn&#8217;t cover the immediate aftermath, instead we are given glimpses into the times just before the virus and also twenty years on through the eyes of the characters.  I loved the connections that are gradually revealed between the characters.  Surprisingly, it&#8217;s a book that gives hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read this for reading group. I enjoyed how it transported me to different worlds with its powerful descriptions of landscapes. Unlike many post-apocalyse stories, this one didn&#8217;t cover the immediate aftermath, instead we are given glimpses into the times just before the virus and also twenty years on through the eyes of the characters. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6218,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions\/6218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}