Introducing Her New Novel, ‘Waiting for the Storm’
A Thought-Provoking, Futuristic Utopian Novel Set in 2040s New Hampshire
It’s 2040, and thirty-five-year-old solar installer Jazz has recently returned to her college town and nearby Dover, New Hampshire, from a failed marriage in Alaska. She hopes to reconnect with her college love, Kisala, daughter of Somali refugees, now an architect who has committed her whole career to build sustainable, affordable housing. Jazz finds the area transformed with a sleek new light rail line forming the spine of The Corridor, linear development of university dorms and labs, and sustainable multi-use neighborhoods powered by fail-safe renewable microgrids. It’s all so wonderfully convenient, with a great sense of community and the assurance that her lifestyle won’t be ruining life on earth.
Why I Wrote This Book
I have been thinking about renewable energy and saving energy since the 1970s. When I built an energy-saving, superinsulated, passive solar house for my family in Fairbanks in 1986, I thought the energy revolution was about to arrive. But it didn’t. And I have been frustrated ever since.
More About Jane
I became enamored with renewable energy and energy conservation when I went to architecture school, studied planning, designed energy-efficient houses, and designed and built a home for my family in Fairbanks. If the world had adopted these strategies thirty years ago, we wouldn’t be where we are now.
