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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(@simonschusterUK, 21 June 2012, ebook, 385 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I really enjoy books about the end of the world and The Age of Miracles sounded right up my street. I loved the way the end of the world comes about in this book; the earth starts to rotate slower and slower which increases the length of each day and eventually starts to break down the magnetic field protecting earth from the sun. It's nice to read a book where the world ends with no zombies involved. The effects are subtle at first and people stubbornly refuse to adapt to real time and those who do become freakish outcasts. Until the moment comes when the truth can no longer be ignored. This is a fantastic book. I loved it.
