Just wondering if anyone had read this book?
The tale follows the members of one family desperately trying to survive the sudden collapse of our society when the oil stops flowing. It is, in my opinion, much closer to the reality of what could happen than many people realise and topical, too, since many of the events mentioned within the story are occurring right now.
There's a really cool You Tube trailer for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvEwiUKAM4w
and a sequel is going through its final edits right now. Afterlight will be available early next year.