Restoring Harmony by Joelle Anthony

This text offers excerpts from the book "Restoring Harmony" by Joëlle Anthony, which appears to be a work of young adult fiction set after a major societal "Collapse" of 2031 driven by government seizure of oil and an economic crash, and further complicated by a cattle virus. The narrative follows Molly, a girl from a self-sufficient Canadian island, on a difficult journey to the dilapidated United States—specifically Seattle and Portland—to retrieve her ailing grandparents for her pregnant mother. Molly's perilous travels involve navigating a broken infrastructure, encountering a semi-criminal "Organization," and making alliances with characters like the elderly Jane and the mysterious Spill, culminating in a dramatic, clandestine escape with her grandparents and two children back to Canada. The excerpts also provide publication details and an extensive table of contents and acknowledgments, framing the text as a complete literary work.