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On the Edge of Gone

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })January 29, 2035.That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Then a last-minute encounter leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a Generation Ship that’s scheduled to leave Earth behind and colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But each passenger must have a practical skill to contribute. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister?When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })On the Edge of Gone is the second novel by Corinne Duyvis, after Otherbound.
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 Brutal Honesty: Ms. Maasland and Captain van Zand, about their limited ability to take in people, and how much Denise and her mother have to contribute.
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 Bittersweet Ending: Denise and her mom get on the ship, but Iris decides to stay behind to help the other survivors. There's hope that in a year the ship will touch down and she'll be able to see her sister again.
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 Apocalypse How: With a comet impact causing something analogous to nuclear winter, but with some hope for the future. With the Low Countries in particular being flooded.
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 Addled Addict: Denise's mother. Her drug problems cause Denise and Iris no short amount of grief. In fact, her very first scene involves wanting a fix, which ends up delaying her and Denise's chances of making it to a shelter on time.
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