<p><b>The extraordinary, prescient NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling novel.</b><br><br>''If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it''s one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes <i>Parable of the Sower </i>even more impressive than it was when first published'' <b>GLORIA STEINEM</b><br><br>''Unnervingly prescient and wise'' <b>YAA GYASI</b><b><br><i><br>--</i></b><br><br><i>We are coming apart. We''re a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.</i><br><br>America is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal.<br><br>Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves. <br><br>Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gai