Tilt

If you listen in pieces — commute, chores, late night — Tilt by Emma Pattee keeps its place in this browser.

Set over the course of one day, a heart-racing story about a woman facing the unimaginable, determined to find safetyn Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, she realizes there’s nothing to do but walk.n Making her way across the wreckage of Portland, Annie experiences human desperation and kindness: strangers offering help, a riot at a grocery store, and an unlikely friendship with a young mother. As she walks, Annie reflects on her struggling marriage, her disappointing career, and her anxiety about having a baby. She’s determined to change her life if she can just make it home.n

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