Emma Pattee's novel "Tilt" follows a woman who is 37-weeks pregnant when the Big One hits. Worse yet, the woman, Annie, is 37 ...

Emma Pattee’s first novel, “Tilt,” tells the story of a pregnant Portland woman who is shopping for a crib at IKEA when the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits. Portland author Emma ...

That earthquake, the one we are all dreading, is the event that kicks off Pattee’s debut novel, “Tilt,” out Tuesday from ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Pattee. Her debut novel, Tilt, is about a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and one pregnant woman's quest to get back home after it.

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In my novel, Tilt, the earthquake strikes in the late morning, on a weekday. My protagonist, Annie, 37 weeks pregnant, is ...

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Now, Annie is massively pregnant - 37 weeks. She's shopping at Ikea in Portland, Oregon, trying to wrestle a baby crib off the rack, when everything starts to shake. It's an earthquake - the big one.

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