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    "title": "The Age of Miracles",
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    "annotation": "<P>\nOn a seemingly ordinary Saturday morning, Julia and her family wake to discover that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. Set against this threat to normal life, THE AGE OF MIRACLES maps the effects of catastrophes big and small on the lives of ordinary people, and in particular, one young girl. Extraordinary for its original concept, unforgettable characters, and the grace, elegance and beauty of Karen Thompson Walker's prose, THE AGE OF MIRACLES is a mesmerizing story of family turmoil, young love, and coming-of-age set against an upending of life as we know it.\n</P>",
    "description": "<p>'It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknown...' <br /><br />One morning, Julia and her parents wake up in their suburban home in California to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing. The enormity of this is almost beyond comprehension. And yet, even if the world is, in fact, coming to an end, as some assert, day-to-day life must go on. Julia, facing the loneliness and despair of an awkward adolescence, witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, on the community, on her family and on herself.</p>",
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