The Age of Miracles
“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.
A really cool premise….what will happen to us as the earth’s rotation slows down. I’ve thought about this book long after reading it. Besides being a fun read it made me think about what a strand miracle it is that we are alive on this planet. So many things had to align to give us life. Water coming from comets…the moon and Jupiter protecting us from meteors…our exact distance from the sun….and our planetary rotation. Interesting stuff. A fun read I would recommend to even my daughter.