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, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.
'It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and 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.'
On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life - the fissures in her parents' marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.
'It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and 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.'
On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life - the fissures in her parents' marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.
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Hardback Editions
January 2013 : Library Binding
| Title: The Age of Miracles Author(s):: Karen Thompson Walker ISBN: 0606270159 / 9780606270151 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
June 2012 : Hardback
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June 2012 : Hardback
| Title: The Age of Miracles: A Novel Author(s):: Karen Thompson Walker ISBN: 0812992970 / 9780812992977 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
June 2012 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
May 2013 : Paperback
| Title: The Age of Miracles Author(s):: Karen Thompson Walker ISBN: 0857207253 / 9780857207258 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Availability: Amazon UK |
March 2013 : Paperback
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June 2012 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
September 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Age of Miracles (unabridged audiobook) Author(s):: Karen Thompson Walker, narrated by Laurence Bouvard ISBN: 1471203123 / 9781471203121 Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK |
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Age of Miracles: A Novel Author(s):: Karen Thompson Walker ISBN: 0307970698 / 9780307970695 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
June 2012 : Kindle edition
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