The Age of Miracles

Présentation de l'éditeur 'It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknown…' 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. Revue de presse * '"Miracles' indeed. Karen Thompson Walker's debut novel is a stunner from the first page - an end-of-the-world, coming-of-age tale of quiet majesty. I loved this novel and can't wait to see what this remarkable writer will do next' JUSTIN CRONIN, author of The Passage; * 'A luminous, magical coming-of-age novel' Marie Claire; * 'A truly remarkable novel' Good Housekeeping; * Stunning in its originality, devastating in its execution' Vogue; *Imaginative, haunting and gripping' Observer Visit www.theslowing.com and www.theageofmiracles.com Biographie de l'auteur Karen Thompson Walker is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. A former book editor, she wrote The Age of Miracles in the mornings before work. Born and raised in San Diego, California, she now lives in Brooklyn with her husband.