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The coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Karen Thompson Walker
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 316
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Simon + Schuster Uk, Scribner
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781471124853
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