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  • A Children's Bible

  • Written by: Lydia Millet
  • Narrated by: Xe Sands
  • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Written by: Lydia Millet
Narrated by: Xe Sands
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Publisher's Summary

Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel - her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven - follows a group of 12 eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.

Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, the group's ringleaders - including Eve, who narrates the story - decide to run away, leading the younger ones on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside.

As the scenes of devastation begin to mimic events in the dog-eared picture Bible carried around by her beloved little brother, Eve devotes herself to keeping him safe from harm.

A Children's Bible is a prophetic, heartbreaking story of generational divide - and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.
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The kids are alright

The parents, though, are a right mess; Allegorical, lyrical with a fierce adherence to biblical forms.

Watch for the brief appearance of Turn, Turn, Turn, sung by angels to mark someone's passing. Eve is a great narrator, if a little unreliable, in the way of these stories.

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Fascinating, stirring, utterly unique

At last...something truly original! The reader was perfectly suited to the voices of children mature beyond their years. Highly recommended.

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metaphors a little thick

An interesting story. well written and beautiful at time. the metaphors can be a bit thick and predictable. a little bit preachy. but all in all imaginative and worth reading.

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