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,
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.