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    The Age of Miracles

    Written by Karen Thompson Walker

    Narrated by Laurence Bouvard

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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? 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 to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 10, 2017
    ISBN9781471201431
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    The Age of Miracles
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    Karen Thompson Walker

    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. 

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