

After reconnecting with an old college professor who’s in town for a seminar, Lizzie finds herself managing the email inbox for a climate change podcast called Hell and High Water. Weather tells the story of Lizzie Benson, a mildly disappointing former humanities student who works in a New York library. of Speculation, which was named one of the ten best books of 2014 by the New York Times Book Review. Weather is Jenny Offill’s fourth published novel, following 2014’s Dept. This short novel (right around 200 pages for the hardback edition) was published in February 2020 and made it on to several best books lists for 2020, including lists from NPR and The Guardian. Weather by Jenny Offill is a work of environmental literary fiction about a woman named Lizzie who gets sucked into the world of climate doomers and doomsday preppers. For more information, see our Affiliate Disclosure. If you buy something using the links on our website, we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Stories for Earth relies on contributions from our listeners and readers to produce high quality, in-depth content.
