Global warming : a love story / Anthony J. Hopson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopson, Anthony J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Fiction.

College students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Place of Publication:

Augusta, Georgia : Anaphora Literary Press, 2016.

Summary:

A timeless love story, dressed up as a treaty on climate change. A science teacher/aspiring writer, returns to school for professional development and falls head-over-heels for a "lithe and lovely" 20-year-old college student. Both are enrolled in a class that examines the nuances of global warming. They pass notes, flirt, and a relationship slowly evolves. But soon Julian, a hopeless romantic, discovers that Allison is due to marry her high school sweetheart. Julian risks all--including his job--to impress her, seduce her, and steal her away. During a final exam, he reads a treaty on the social economics of climate change. In this scene, between passages of political debate, are woven in a divine poem written centuries ago by Sappho. Allison is moved by his courtship and the real heartache begins. It has bikers, twisted fairytales, and a cynically sarcastic, Kerouac-loving friend who can cite passages with a cigarette hanging from his mouth and a beer in one hand. It has foreplay, after-play, easy to understand and interesting climate schematics, schoolchildren debating the philosophical underpinnings of Alice in Wonderland, rejection, respite, acceptance, and rejection again. This is a subtle metaphor symbolizing the intense relationship between Julian and Allison. A romance, at the surface, but look closer at this hybrid and you'll find a deeply philosophical story addressing the fate of the planet and a workaholic-romantic who can't help but break his own heart. Global Warming: A Love Story is a fast-paced romance that will make women swoon and men laugh. At the very least, it will give women a gritty behind the scene look at their would-be seducers.

Contents:

Hopson - Front Cover - Global - 9781681142746-Perfect; Hopson - Content - Global - EBook; Hopson - Back Cover - Global - 9781681142746-Perfect; Introduction; Week One; Week Two; Week Three; Week Four; Week Five; Week Six; Week Seven; Week Eight

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 25, 2016).

ISBN:

1-68114-276-7