A Children's Bible
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 First edition | |
| Author | Lydia Millet |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | 12 May 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 978-1324005032 |
A Children's Bible is a climate fiction novel by Lydia Millet that documents the experience of a group of children in the face of climate change as their parents fail to respond to a climate-charged hurricane.[1][2][3] It was her 13th novel.[1]
Context
Eve, the novel's narrator, belongs to a group of children staying at a large, rented estate with their parents for the summer. The children, mostly disgusted by their parents' hedonistic behavior, spend most of their time on the property of the estate, until a hurricane interrupts their activities. The parents are never named, and the book filters their activities through the perception of Eve and the other children.