The Hard Tomorrow

The gorgeous and empathetic story of one couples search for hope and a peaceful future Hannah is a thirtysomething wife homehealth worker and antiwar activist. Her husband Johnny is a stayathome pothead working—or working—on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. Theyre currently living and screwing in the back of a truck hoping for a pregnancy which seems like it will never come. Legs in the air for a better chance at conception Hannah scans fertility Reddits while Johnny dreams about propagating plants—kale tomatoes—to ensure they have sufficient sustenance should the endtimes come which given their fragile democracy strained under the weight of a carceral state and the risk of horrible war doesn’t seem so far off. Helping Hannah in her fight for the future is her best friend Gabby a queer naturalist she idolizes and who adores her. Helping Johnny build the house is Tyler an offthegrid conspiracy theorist driven sick by his own cloudy notions of reality. Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future Eleanor Daviss The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Her astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question What will happen after tomorrow