Julia Stoops

Well what a great read this one was, to finish off my reading for 2019, I thoroughly enjoyed Parts per Million. The main characters felt very alive and real to me (and a well done shout out to the illustratrator who, I think, does a spot on job). Purely coincidental, but in parallel, I also happened to be reading NZ Geographic article on the aim for NZ to be predator free by 2050 (of Rats, Possums, Stoats etc), which in large started with might have been termed activists (from passionate show more radicals, oddballs, and dreamers) but this has really caught on in communities through education and the realisation that taking no action is in itself an action. Now also Govt supported and partially funded. Mainstream. Inaction would have irrevocably wiped out NZ's biodiversity. So read Julia's book because it makes you think, but also you will have some chuckles and perhaps a few tears. show less

This is an insightful and suspenseful novel about high-stakes activism and troubled love. But it goes deeper than that, offering a thoughtful exploration of all that collective activism can, and should, be.