The Book We're Talking About: 'Station Eleven' By Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Knopf, $24.95 Published September 9, 2014 What we think: After an efficient strain of the flu wipes out civilization in a handful of days (fevers, air travel, overcrowded hospitals, clogged highways, silence), the survivors, mostly huddled into small "cities" of 100 people or less, face struggles similar to those they encountered pre-apocalypse: In addition to warding off predators, they squabble over living spaces, question their children's' education and...