This post apocalyptic fairy tale was beautiful.

The man and the girl live in the wilderness as (what is assumed) the last two people al ie after the woman dies. They live off of the land and he teaches her how to survive.

He tells her tales of the bear, the past and her mother. Many of the stories are whimsical and have a very magical feel to them. They weave their way into the main story when a bear shows up to the girl.

This book had very heavy “The Road” feelings, yet the complete lack of people made it feel bigger and emptier.

I loved the centralization around love and grief, gratitude and giving. This simple life lived in a somewhat symbiotic way, was just beautiful.

I loved the anonymity of the nameless characters. It makes them relatable to anyone. I did find the lack of parenthesis for dialogue frustrating but the flow of the story and the language made up for it.