Review: The Age of Miracles

The Age of Miracles By Karen Thompson Walker. Random House, 288 pp., $26. Reviewed by Erica Quiroz Many people wish for extra hours in the day. In Karen Thompson Walker?s first novel, “The Age of Miracles,” that wish comes with a price. On a normal California day, 11-year-old Julia and her family awaken to the news that the Earth has slowed its rotation, an event that adds minutes and then hours to their days and nights. Scientists can?t explain it, and after the president suggests the nation continue to follow the old 24-hour-clock, people divide into real-timers ? those who mark time by the new sunrise and sunset ? and [...]

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