A Children's Bible

A Children's BiblePulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel her first since the National Book Award long listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer

Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel--her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven--follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.

Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, the group's ringleaders--including Eve, who narrates the story--decide to run away, leading the younger ones on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside.

As the scenes of devastation begin to mimic events in the dog-eared picture Bible carried around by her beloved little brother, Eve devotes herself to keeping him safe from harm.

A Children's Bible is a prophetic, heartbreaking story of generational divide--and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/12/2020
ISBN: 9781324005032
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2019 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 01/20/2020
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020
Booklist 04/01/2020 pg. 15