| The Last Days of California Contributor(s): Miller, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871408414 ISBN-13: 9780871408419 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-apocalyptic - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jess is fifteen years old and waiting for the world to end. Her evangelical father has packed up the family to drive west to California, hoping to save as many souls as possible before the Second Coming. With her long-suffering mother and rebellious (and secretly pregnant) sister, Jess hands out tracts to nonbelievers at every rest stop, Waffle House, and gas station along the way. As Jess's belief frays, her teenage myopia evolves into awareness about her fracturing family. Selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover pick and an Indie Next pick, Mary Miller's radiant debut novel reinvigorates the literary road-trip story with wry vulnerability and savage charm. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Mary: - Mary Miller is the author of The Last Days of California and the short story collections Big World and Always Happy Hour. She is a former James A. Michener Fellow in Fiction and John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi. |