{"id":94,"date":"2023-11-11T18:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2023-11-19T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:33:10","slug":"fallout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=94","title":{"rendered":"FALLOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fallout_9781416950097_hr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fallout_9781416950097_hr.jpg 405w, https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fallout_9781416950097_hr-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/h3>\n<p>When Crank first released in October 2004, I knew it was an important story. But I could not have predicted its phenomenal success. The story in Crank, and in its sequel, Glass, is shared by so many. But even those whose lives have never been touched by this particular monster are drawn to Kristina. Despite her many flaws, they come to care about her and her family. Especially her children.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, I never planned a sequel to Crank. But readers wanted more of her story and I could probably write ten books about her fall from grace. But series tend to degrade over time, and I don\u2019t want to give my readers progressively weaker books. Rather, I wanted the third and final Kristina book to be the most powerful of the three. And I believe I\u2019ve done that with Fallout.<\/p>\n<p>The book is written from the points of view of her three oldest children, now teens in the book, and dealing with their own lives, which are shaped by the choices she made when she was their age. At the time I write this description, the real \u201cHunter\u201d is thirteen, but I write him at nineteen in Fallout. Which means I\u2019ve written the future. Please remember it\u2019s only one possible future, created from how I see these children\u2019s lives now. And also please remember that, while these books are rooted in our real life, they are largely fiction.<\/p>\n<p>I chose to write from her children\u2019s POVs to give them a voice, and to give a voice to my readers who struggle with their own parents\u2019 addictions. There are many. But I also believe the ultimate hope of these stories lies here, with the generation that can choose to break this cycle. You will get \u201cthe rest of Kristina\u2019s story,\u201d through different lenses because \u201cthe monster\u201d doesn\u2019t only destroy the addict. It tries to destroy everyone who loves him or her. Parents. Children. Partners. Spouses. Friends. If this describes you, stay strong. Get help if you need it. You might find a sense of peace and community in an organization like Al-Anon. You are not alone.<\/p>\n<h3>BOOK TRAILER<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fallout Ellen Hopkins Book Trailer\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7htDQ4Zs0UY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>BOOK EXCERPT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<div  class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-30 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights \"><div  class=\"inside-grid-column\">\n<h5>WE HEAR<\/h5>\n<p>That life was good<br \/>\nbefore she<br \/>\nmet<br \/>\nthe monster,<br \/>\nbut those page flips<br \/>\nwent down before<br \/>\nour collective<br \/>\ncognition. Kristina<br \/>\nwrote<br \/>\nthat chapter of her<br \/>\nhistory before we<br \/>\nwere even whispers<br \/>\nin her womb.<br \/>\nThe monster shaped<br \/>\nour<br \/>\nlives, without our ever<br \/>\ntouching it. Read on<br \/>\nif you dare. This<br \/>\nmemoir<br \/>\nisn\u2019t pretty.<br \/>\nHunter Seth Haskins<br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-30 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights \"><div  class=\"inside-grid-column\">\n<h5>SO YOU WANT TO KNOW<\/h5>\n<p>All about her. Who<br \/>\nshe<br \/>\nreally is. (Was?) Why<br \/>\nshe swerved off<br \/>\nthe high road. Hard<br \/>\nleft<br \/>\nto nowhere,<br \/>\nrecklessly<br \/>\nindifferent to<br \/>\nme,<br \/>\nHunter Seth Haskins,<br \/>\nher firstborn<br \/>\nson. I\u2019ve been<br \/>\nchoking<br \/>\nthat down for<br \/>\nnineteen years.<br \/>\nWhy did she go<br \/>\non<br \/>\nher mindless way,<br \/>\nleaving me spinning<br \/>\nin a whirlwind of<br \/>\nher dust?<br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-30 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights \"><div  class=\"inside-grid-column\">\n<h5>IF YOU DON\u2019T KNOW<\/h5>\n<p>Her story, I\u2019ll try<br \/>\nmy best to enlighten<\/p>\n<p>you, though I\u2019m not sure<br \/>\nof every word of it myself.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose I should know<br \/>\nmore. I mean, it has been<\/p>\n<p>recorded for eternity\u2014<br \/>\na bestselling fictionalization,<\/p>\n<p>so the world wouldn\u2019t see<br \/>\nprecisely who we are\u2014<\/p>\n<p>my mixed up, messed<br \/>\nup family, a convoluted<\/p>\n<p>collection of mostly regular<br \/>\npeople, somehow strengthened<\/p>\n<p>by indissoluble love, despite<br \/>\nan ever-present undercurrent<\/p>\n<p>of pain. The saga started here:<br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>REVIEW FOR FALLOUT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 id=\"u72012-2\">REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:<\/h5>\n<p id=\"u72012-5\">&#8220;The final installment of the trilogy that began with CRANK and GLASS examines the impact of Kristina&#8217;s methamphetamine addiction on three of her children, now teens. Though not raised by their mother, they are still &#8216;dealing with the fallout of choices&#8217; she made, beginning in her own teenage years, as the narratives shifts among them. Hunter is quick to anger and experiments with substances, too; Autumn suffers from OCD and panic attacks because &#8216;things happened&#8217; when she was little; and Summer bounces around to different foster homes before running away with her boyfriend. Fans will recognize the author&#8217;s trademark style: this is a gritty, gripping collection of free verse and concrete poems. Hopkins neatly creates news articles attributed to Associated Press, Variety, and other sources, clueing reading in to the fates of other characters from the first two books. In the end, readers will be drawn into the lives of each of these struggling teens as they deal with complicated home lives, first loves, and a mostly absent mother who &#8216;wants to love them&#8217; but is too damaged to do so.&#8221; \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE BOOK When Crank first released in October 2004, I knew it was an important story. But I could not have predicted its phenomenal success. The story in Crank, and in its sequel, Glass, is shared by so many. But even those whose lives have never been touched by this particular monster are drawn to Kristina. Despite her many flaws, they come to care about her and her family. Especially her children. Originally, I never planned a sequel to Crank. But readers wanted more of her story and I could probably write ten books about her fall from grace. But series tend to degrade over time, and I don\u2019t want to give my readers progressively weaker books. Rather, I wanted the third and final Kristina book to be the most powerful of the three. And I believe I\u2019ve done that with Fallout. The book is written from the points of view of her three oldest children, now teens in the book, and dealing with their own lives, which are shaped by the choices she made when she was their age. At the time I write this description, the real \u201cHunter\u201d is thirteen, but I write him at nineteen in Fallout. Which means I\u2019ve written the future. Please remember it\u2019s only one possible future, created from how I see these children\u2019s lives now. And also please remember that, while these books are rooted in our real life, they are largely fiction. I chose to write from her children\u2019s POVs to give them a voice, and to give a voice to my readers who struggle with their own parents\u2019 addictions. There are many. But I also believe the ultimate hope of these stories lies here, with the generation that can choose to break this cycle. You will get \u201cthe rest of Kristina\u2019s story,\u201d through different lenses because \u201cthe monster\u201d doesn\u2019t only destroy the addict. It tries to destroy everyone who loves him or her. Parents. Children. Partners. Spouses. Friends. If this describes you, stay strong. Get help if you need it. You might find a sense of peace and community in an organization like Al-Anon. You are not alone. BOOK TRAILER BOOK EXCERPT REVIEW FOR FALLOUT REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: &#8220;The final installment of the trilogy that began with CRANK and GLASS examines the impact of Kristina&#8217;s methamphetamine addiction on three of her children, now teens. Though not raised by their mother, they are still &#8216;dealing with the fallout of choices&#8217; she made, beginning in her own teenage years, as the narratives shifts among them. Hunter is quick to anger and experiments with substances, too; Autumn suffers from OCD and panic attacks because &#8216;things happened&#8217; when she was little; and Summer bounces around to different foster homes before running away with her boyfriend. Fans will recognize the author&#8217;s trademark style: this is a gritty, gripping collection of free verse and concrete poems. Hopkins neatly creates news articles attributed to Associated Press, Variety, and other sources, clueing reading in to the fates of other characters from the first two books. In the end, readers will be drawn into the lives of each of these struggling teens as they deal with complicated home lives, first loves, and a mostly absent mother who &#8216;wants to love them&#8217; but is too damaged to do so.&#8221; \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}