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The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist
With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker's The Age of Miracles is a luminous and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Maybe everything that happened to me and to my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It's possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.
Spellbinding, haunting, The Age of Miracles is a beautiful novel of catastrophe and survival, growth and change, the story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in an extraordinary time. On an ordinary Saturday, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer, gravity is affected, the birds, the tides, human behavior and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world of danger and loss, Julia faces surprising developments in herself, and her personal world--divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by Hannah and other friends, the vulnerability of first love, a sense of isolation, and a rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking story of people finding ways to go on, in an ever-evolving world.
Praise for The Age of Miracles
A stunner.--Justin Cronin
Gripping drama . . . flawlessly written; it could be the most assured debut by an American writer since Jennifer Egan's Emerald City.--The Denver Post If you begin this book, you'll be loath to set it down until you've reached its end.--San Francisco Chronicle
Provides solace with its wisdom, compassion, and elegance.--Curtis Sittenfeld
Don't miss the exclusive conversation between Karen Thompson Walker and Karen Russell at the back of the book.
Karen Thompson Walker is the author of The Age of Miracles, a New York Times best-selling novel that has been translated into twenty-seven languages and has been named one of the best books of the year by People, O: The Oprah Magazine, and the Financial Times, among other publications. Walker is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. He was born and reared in San Diego. In Portland, she lives with her husband, novelist Casey Walker, and their two daughters. She teaches creative writing at the University of Oregon as an assistant professor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812982947 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812982940 |
| Title | The Age of Miracles |
| Author | Karen Thompson Walker |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2013-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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