Saw a post on Instagram today that said the following:
I probably read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 100 times as a young girl, and not once did I realize that the children's moms still had to make them sandwiches and sweep the floor, like the world hadn't changed. And they had to keep sweeping, even as the children slipped past the enemy on sleds.
I never read about domestic perseverance in ANY 1990s Holocaust novel. Of course this was not the main plot, but at the moment, I am the new narrator, all is wrong, and there is still so much laundry.
I want this in a book. Prefer real-world situations, but I'll also take something near-future apocalyptic like zombies or pandemics or EMPs or whatever.
As a romance reader at heart, I prefer something with a hopeful ending. If your suggestion doesn't have one, please let me know (I'm fine with spoilers) so that I'm prepared!!
by somethinglucky07
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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch has a lot of this. There’s a fascist takeover, there’s civil war, but the MC still has to go to work, to take care of her kids, to look after her elderly father. The writing style takes some getting used to, but the payoff is worth it.