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The Age of Miracles Book

A very special Book People Debut Fiction Choice from Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles describes a world where the 24-hour day has grown longer. First it was just minutes, then it was hours and soon day had become night and night had become day. This strange event was known only as The Slowing and the book looks at the effect it had on the world through the eyes of 11-year-old Julia, who lives in suburban California with her family. How would the phenomenon change the lives of the birds in the sky, the whales in the sea and the astronauts in space? And especially how would it change the life of Julia, a girl grappling with emotional changes of her own? The enormity of Earth's rotation slowing is beyond comprehension but, as some assert, day-to-day life must go on. Julia witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, the community, her family and on herself as she comes of age during this unexplained event. A book that will appeal to fans of dystopian fiction, coming of age novels and well-drawn characters, this is a story to make you think.Read More

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    'It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophes are always different - unimagined unprepared for unknown...' What if our 24-hour day grew longer first in minutes then in hours until day becomes night and night becomes day? What effect would this slowing have on the world? On the birds in the sky the whales in the sea the astronauts in space and on an eleven-year-old girl grappling with emotional changes in her own life..? One morning Julia and her parents wake up in their suburban home in California to discover along with the rest of the world that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing. The enormity of this is almost beyond comprehension. And yet even if the world is in fact coming to an end as some assert day-to-day life must go on. Julia facing the loneliness and despair of an awkward adolescence witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world on the community on her family and on herself.

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    WHAT IF our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours until day becomes night and night becomes day?

  • 0857207237
  • 9780857207234
  • Karen Thompson Walker
  • 21 June 2012
  • Simon & Schuster UK
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 384
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