{"product_id":"a-childrens-bible-9781324005032","title":"A Children's Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel--her first since the National Book Award long-listed \u003cem\u003eSweet Lamb of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e--follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemptuous 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Children's Bible\u003c\/em\u003e is a prophetic, heartbreaking story of generational divide--and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillet, Lydia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/strong\u003e has won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and her books have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548001472786,"sku":"9781324005032","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1799134-12d7-43fd-b98f-3cb868587720.jpg?v=1731591619","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-childrens-bible-9781324005032","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}