Missy's Twitch - 1878

A VIRAL SENSATION A young woman’s fears that her planet is doomed make her an overnight celebrity... with a few regrets. Heiress to an energy fortune built off fossil fuels, recent college graduate Missy Mayburn Crowe is stricken with overwhelming anxiety over what she fears is a looming "climate apocalypse" and her family's role in it. She develops an involuntary twitch, a conversion disorder that quickly spreads to her impressionable young friends who have been bombarded their entire lives with questionable predictions of climate doom. Missy is diagnosed by a famed TV shrink as suffering from acute climatosis. Exposure on television and in social media quickly propels her affliction into a worldwide social contagion and Missy into a celebrity ripe for exploitation by politicians, media, and business opportunists eager to leverage her torment for their own objectives. A cure may require a deeper understanding of whether her worries are justified or not. Told with humor, insight, and brisk pacing, Missy's Twitch offers an entertaining twist on conventional wisdom about one of the most controversial issues of our time. Reviewers: "At turns hilarious and disturbing in the picture it paints of the current state of energy and climate politics... I can't recommend this book highly enough." --H. Sterling Burnett, The Heartland Institute "If you're looking for fun yet insightful novels on climate change, check out Jon Pepper's Fossil Feuds series (4 novels). My favorite is Missy's Twitch." --Dr. Judith Curry, author, "Climate Uncertainty and Risk" "An easy and enjoyable read that I suspect will also be educational for many. Great wry capture of current stereotypes, as well as some barely disguised personalities currently in the news. It's as though Ayn Rand and Gary Shteyngart had collaborated to write a story about climate and energy." --Dr. Steven Koonin, author of the best-selling book on climate science, "Unsettled" "An enjoyably irreverent depiction of political alarmism. Pepper's plot is satirically sharp and wittily portrays how opportunistic cynicism can drive fearmongering, and the hypocrisy of those who publicly express their fears while privately refusing to curb reckless, indulgent behavior.... A generally thoughtful work that's edifying, entertaining, and often very funny." --Kirkus Reviews "I enjoyed Missy's Twitch immensely, even if it was more fact than fiction. It's very engaging with likeable protagonists and some truly backbiting 'villains.' Dialogue was crisp and characters engaging. I'm mightily impressed." --Thomas Richard, Editor, Climate Change Dispatch "An amusing and enjoyable read that's very funny in places. Extremely topical, with a story that represents things as they are happening today without straying too much from reality. It brings to life the mental stresses of young people bombarded daily with doomsday messages about the climate. It's no wonder so many of them are seeking therapy." --Charles Rotter, Editor, Watts Up with That "I had trouble putting it down. It's an excellent modern historical novel that is engaging with a satirical expose of the prominent culprits. My biggest chuckle was the writer's ability to match the real world's mainstream media's ever-escalating pending climate disasters. While making the reader laugh at the absurdity of it all, the realization that this is actually happening now is sobering; and I think that was Jon's mission with Missy." --Ronald Paul Barmby, author, "Sunlight on Climate Change: A Heretic's Guide to Global Climate Hysteria"
ASIN: B0C9SKFQGF
VSKU: DBV.B0C9SKFQGF.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Pepper, Jon
Binding: Paperback