TY - BOOK AU - Greengrass,Jessie TI - The high house: a novel SN - 9781982180119 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Families KW - Fiction KW - Climatic changes KW - Life change events KW - Preparedness KW - Survivalism KW - Self-actualization (Psychology) KW - Apocalyptic fiction KW - lcgft KW - Dystopian fiction N1 - "Originally published by Great Britain in 2021 by Swift Press"--Title page verso N2 - Francesca is Caro's stepmother, and Pauly's mother. A scientist, she can see what is going to happen. The high house was once her holiday home; now looked after by locals Grandy and Sally, she has turned it into an ark, for when the time comes. The mill powers the generator; the orchard is carefully pruned; the greenhouse has all its glass intact. Almost a family, but not quite, they plant, store seed, and watch the weather carefully ER -