<p><b>The heart-wrenching companion to the bestselling novels <i>Life As We Knew It</i> and <i>The Dead & The Gone</i>.</b></p><p>It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon catastrophically altering the earth's climate. Miranda and her two brothers spend their days scavenging for food and household items while their mother stays at home and desperately tries to hold on to the ordinary activities of their previous life. But they all know that nothing is truly normal in this surreal new world they live in.</p><p>The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.</p>