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Product Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION READERS AWARD‘This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy’Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous ‘ Gorgeous, funny and deadly serious’ Max Porter, author of Lanny A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, THE SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE TELEGRAPH, BIG ISSUE, BBC CULTURE, VANITY FAIR, THE TIMES AND THE OBSERVERAn obligatory note of hope, in a world going to hell ' What are you afraid of, he asks me and the answer of course is dentistry, humiliation, scarcity, then he says what are your most useful skills? People think I'm funny' Lizzie Benson, a part-time librarian, is already overwhelmed with the crises of daily life when an old mentor offers her a job answering mail from the listeners of her apocalyptic podcast, Hell and High Water. Soon questions begin pouring in from left-wingers worried about climate change and right-wingers worried about the decline of Western civilization. Entering this polarized world, Lizzie is forced to consider who she is and what she can do to help: as a mother, as a wife, as a sister, and as a citizen of this doomed planet. 'A barometer of how it feels to live now' the Sunday Times ‘No one writes about the intersection of love and existential despair like Jenny Offill’ Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror Review Best Books of 2020, GuardianBest Books of 2020, ObserverBest Books of 2020, TelegraphBest Books of 2020, StylistBest Books of 2020, New Statesman‘She’s such a fine, funny writer, her observations shot through with luminous intelligence and emotional insight… glorious’the Observer‘Do yourself a favour and buy this book’Stylist‘Weather achieves a rare triumph – it’s an uncannily realistic portrait of what it’s like to be alive right now’the Telegraph‘A fitting dance macabre for our spiralling existence… Superb’the Independent‘There’s something faintly miraculous about how Offill gets us from there to here; baby-steps from instagrammable anecdotes to a weightiness that you can feel in your stomach’The Times‘Jenny Offill writes beautiful sentences; she is also a deft creator of silences. It’s this counterpoint of eloquence and felt absence that enables her to register the emotional and political weather of our present’Ben Lerner, author of The Topeka School‘Offill distils all our contemporary fears into one brilliant, funny and terrifying novel… The apocalypse has never been this enjoyable’i-D Magazine‘To read a Jenny Offill novel is to come away feeling more engaged with the world and less alone’the Irish Times‘If you’ve not yet discovered Offill’s sublime blend of hilarity, warmth and existential despair, there’s no better place to start… a marvel’the Mail on Sunday‘A barometer of how it feels to live now’the Sunday Times‘This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy’Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous‘Gorgeous, funny and deadly serious’ --< b>Max Porter, author of Lanny'Smart, topical and very funny: read it and you won t feel so alone' Monocle'In Weather, Jenny Offill distills all our contemporary fears into one brilliant, funny and terrifying novel. Convinced that Doomsday is coming, protagonist Lizzie begins to overthink and obsess over preparing for the end. The apocalypse has never been this enjoyable' i-D magazine'[Weather] is glorious. [Jenny Offill is] such a fine, funny writer, her observations shot through with luminous intelligence and emotional insight' Alex Preston, Observer Book Clinic'Terrific, immersive writing' Big IssueSuperb... a treasure trove of oddities... Five stars' Independent'Brimming with heart-catching lines' -- --New Statesman From the Back Cover SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION READERS AWARD 'This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy' - Ocean Vuong Lizzie Benson, a part-time librarian, is already overwhelmed with the crises of