Dawn by Octavia Butler

Due to Meetup's rising costs, I'm moving our website host from Meetup to Bookclubs.com. The events will remain active on Meetup through the beginning of September to allow everyone plenty of time to transition.

Going forward, you can find our book club at [https://bookclubs.com/portland-intersectional-sci-fi-and-fantasy-book-cl/join/ ](https://bookclubs.com/portland-intersectional-sci-fi-and-fantasy-book-cl/join/) You will need to create an account, but signing up for and attending book clubs is free. An app is available for Apple and Android.

~250 pages

synopsis:
Lilith Ayapo is in the remote Andes, mourning the death of her husband and son, when nuclear war destroys the world. Centuries later, she revives, held captive aboard a starship.

Miraculously powerful and hideously grotesque galactic beings, the Oankali have rescued the planet and the war’s victims out of an irresistible need to heal and a greater need to change all they touch. For the Oankali survive by merging genetically with primitive peoples — without their permission.
Lilith’s children will inherit the Earth and stars. But they will be more — and other — than human.