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A teenage girl and her unraveling family travel cross-country in preparation for the Rapture in this radiant, highly anticipated debut.

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"[A] terrific first novel... Why worry about labeling a book this good? Just read it." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A plangent portrait of American adolescence... [Miller delivers] raw the heartbreaking futility of the Metcalfs’ small triumphs, private embarrassments, and poor decisions with such hilarious precision that you become completely involved in their struggles—and, ultimately, in awe of their abiding hope." -- Elle
"The set-up of the story in Mary Miller’s debut novel is clever and alluring, and what follows does not disappoint – a sharp, sensuously-written road tale that is both a satirical vision of a grotesque society and a down-to-earth coming-of-age narrative told by an appealing anti-heroine who is determined to stay hopeful against all the apocalyptic odds." -- The Irish Times

The Last Days of California

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9780871408419, 978-0871408419
      ISBN10: 0871408414

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A teenage girl and her unraveling family travel cross-country in preparation for the Rapture in this radiant, highly anticipated debut.

      Trade Review
      "[A] terrific first novel... Why worry about labeling a book this good? Just read it." -- The New York Times Book Review
      "A plangent portrait of American adolescence... [Miller delivers] raw the heartbreaking futility of the Metcalfs’ small triumphs, private embarrassments, and poor decisions with such hilarious precision that you become completely involved in their struggles—and, ultimately, in awe of their abiding hope." -- Elle
      "The set-up of the story in Mary Miller’s debut novel is clever and alluring, and what follows does not disappoint – a sharp, sensuously-written road tale that is both a satirical vision of a grotesque society and a down-to-earth coming-of-age narrative told by an appealing anti-heroine who is determined to stay hopeful against all the apocalyptic odds." -- The Irish Times

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