Leif Enger's book, I Cheerfully Refuse, was published in 2024. This book takes place in or around Lake Superior in the not too distant future. Rainy is a bass musician married to Lark. He has been working on fixing up a sailboat in his shed. Terrible things happen and he ends up escaping by sailing out of town during a storm. He sails around stopping to buy gasoline and food. Along the way he meets some crazy people some of whom are helpful and some are not. He also meets a nine year old girl named Sol. She is staying with an abusive man so Rainy trades his bass for the girl. They said off together. Rainy has never been a parent and he feels odd with this girl on his sailboat but he gradually gets the hang of it. He starts teaching her how to read. Some say this book is about a dystopian world. Maybe it is. People are taking a medicine called Willow in order to end their life. The book is also about climate change and that is why Rainy finds several dead bodies floating in the lake. I thought it was well written.
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