Karen Thompson Walker's <em>The Age of Miracles</em>

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 6, 2012

Karen Thompson Walker talks about her debut novel, The Age of Miracles. It’s a coming-of-age story that begins when Julia, a California teenager, along with the rest of the world, discovers that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. She struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, along with the normal disasters of everyday life.

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