In twee naburige dorpen in de Provence kennen veel families elkaar al generaties lang. Zo ook die van Didier Falque en Gilberte Perra, de kinderen van concurrerende wijnmakers. Didier weet dat Gilberte nooit een partij voor hem zal zijn. Hun wegen scheiden zich wanneer Gilberte het dorp ontvlucht vanwege een familiegeheim. Wanneer zij jaren later terugkeert, is Didier het zwarte schaap van het dorp. Wat is er gebeurd in de tussenliggende jaren?
Twintig jaar geleden is de gastvrouw op een eindexamenfeestje vermoord, maar de dader is nooit gevonden. Nu besluit een tv-producente dat feest te reconstrueren.
“It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakens to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world: divisions widening between her parents; strange behavior by her friends; the pain and vulnerability of first love; a growing sense of isolation; and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker paints a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world.
