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“In A Children’s Bible, the age-old war between kids and their parents, children and adults, is reimagined through the lens of Biblical devastation. The result is harrowing and, in unexpected moments, hilarious. Millet has created a story that feels both folkloric and brand new, a tale as much about environmental cataclysm as it is about fighting for the people, things, and ideas that remain right and true, no matter how high the water gets. I love Millet’s perfectly tuned sentences as much as the ambition of this novel, which I’ll continue thinking about for a long time.”
— Kristen Iskandrian, Thank You Books, Birmingham, AL
In A Children’s Bible Millet channels the brutal honesty that we only find in children into something special. Set in the near future on the east coast, this book follows a group of eerily mature kids whose completely inept parents have rented a country house for the summer. Determined to live on their own terms, the kids leave their parents behind – until they must go back to save them. Between Millet’s excellent writing and the wacky plot, this dystopian gem had me laughing out loud. ~Cappy
— From Cappy
In A Children’s Bible Millet channels the brutal honesty that we only find in children into something special. Set in the near future on the east coast, this book follows a group of eerily mature kids whose completely inept parents have rented a country house for the summer. Determined to live on their own terms, the kids leave their parents behind – until they must go back to save them. Between Millet’s excellent writing and the wacky plot, this dystopian gem had me laughing out loud. ~Cappy
— From Newest Staff Recommendations!Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction
One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year
Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many others
National Bestseller
"A blistering little classic." —Ron Charles, Washington Post
A Children’s Bible follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the children decide to run away when a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, embarking on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside. Lydia Millet’s prophetic and heartbreaking story of generational divide offers a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.
