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Readers will be mesmerized by dibbells staccato prose as much as they are by the harrowing circumstances this moth. The only ones puts a heartbreaking spin on dystopia wbur news. We talk with author carola dibbell about her novel, the only ones. Dibbells major accomplishment besides publishing her first novel just shy of 70 is her narrator, inez, blessed and cursed with immunity in a society ravaged by plagues. O, the oprah magazine s top 10 favorite books of 2015. Inez wanders a postpandemic world, strangely immune to disease, mak. Carola dibbell is a veteran music journalist, and it shows. Jun 09, 2015 listen to only ones audiobook by carola dibbell. Only ones carola dibbell an edgy, intimate, and haunting portrait of a unique motherdaughter relationship in a postpandemic world. Mar 10, 2015 carola dibbell is probably best known for her work as a music critic, but its her scifi debut the only ones that really rocks.
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The only oness dystopia was a world radically depopulated by contagion, a premise it had in common with two other novels whose authors carola shared podiums with in 2015. Critics are hailing carola dibbells debut novel, the only ones, as a brilliant new take on the science fiction genre. The only ones by carola dibbell electric literature. She is hired to provide genetic material to a griefstricken, affluent mother. That thread is where all discussion about the book will go down.
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