Mobility by Lydia Kiesling

Kiesling's masterpiece of a novel tracks the current climate action stalemate through a coming-of-age story--and a hyper-object that weaves through the life of Bunny Glenn. Unfolding against the geopolitical complexities of the oil and energy sector, it recounts Bunny's upbringing as a diplomat’s child in Azerbaijan during the '90s rush for Caspian Sea oil, then follows her career climb with a Houston oil company as she navigates her ambition, desire, and a liberal politics that runs counter to the fuel industry's power and class structures.