Tiny Tin House
L Maristatter
July, 2022, Niffy Cat Press, 355 pp.
Dystopian Christian Fiction
$7.99 ebook
$17.99 Paperback
$34.99 Hardcover
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About the Book
In the Christian States of America, where religion rules,
one woman discovers the only rules are about survival.
Although she’s legally an adult, eighteen-year-old Meryn Flint must live at
home until her stepfather, Ray, finds her a husband. That’s the law.
But when Ray kills her mother and Meryn must flee for her
own safety, she quickly discovers there’s no safe place in the CSA for a woman
on the run. Unless she’s willing to marry her former boyfriend—a man who’s
already demonstrated his capacity for violence—she’ll be forced to live on the
street. And that’s a dangerous option for a woman alone.
As time runs out, Meryn is offered a third path: build
herself a tiny house, a safe place to call home. Even though it’s a violation
of her Family Duty as well as every moral law on the books, Meryn seizes the
chance.
But even a tiny tin house might not be enough to save her . . .
My Review
Tiny Tin House is an elegantly
told story of an unfortunately possible future if power hungry delusional charismatic
faith leaders descend into the “Christian” version of Sharia law. I shiver...
The future L
Maristatter portrays took only a few generations to develop. After the world is
devastated, the US breaks up into little governances. The one our heroine,
Meryn, dwells in uses a terribly disturbing anti-Biblical approach to legalized
misogyny. One murder witnessed by a child should be more than enough, but when
Meryn sees the continued hypocrisy of the state in which she lives, the murder
of her mother, and the offhand response by the cops, or Guardian Angels, “Don’t
worry, you can marry again,” to her stepfather, she finally realizes she must flee
for her life. To top if off, dear old stepdad sells her to a man obsessed with
her, willing to go to any lengths to get her.
The Christian
States are broken beyond repair; even gardening and greenhouses are outlawed.
Caste rules what people are allowed to do with their lives, much like slavery;
and Biblical-based law and culture is horribly misinterpreted and enforced.
Friends
living on the edge are Meryn’s safety net. But how can she drag them into the
quagmire of her life and certain death if they’re exposed?
Real faith in
the Christ who loves us all and the Holy Spirit who intercedes for us is the
foundation of this engaging and horrifying alternate life. I kept turning pages
to find out what would happen next.
I agreed to
provide an unbiased review for the author, and highly recommend this to anyone
who like inspirational, edgy fiction, and dystopian lit.
About the Author
L Maristatter holds a BA in
journalism and an MA in communication. Her short story, “Crying in the Sun,”
was published in The Saturday Evening Post online, and the Songbirds
Southwest web journal published her poem, “Child.
Maristatter is a member of the Alliance
of Independent Authors, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, The Author’s
Guild, and Realm Makers. She lives in the snowy Midwest, where she tries to
stay warm, reads terrific fiction, and eats way too much chocolate. She’s on
Facebook and Twitter regularly, and TikTok and Instagram when she’s feeling
brave.
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