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Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millets sublime new novel—her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven—follows a group of twelve 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 sPulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millets sublime new novel—her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven—follows a group of twelve 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 groups 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 Childrens Bible is a prophetic heartbreaking story of generational divide—and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.(less)