A review by jjp723
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

5.0

I had trouble putting this down even though it made me as anxious as heck. I cared so much about the characters and how their "regular" lives & worries entertwined with the chaos and terror happening around them. Excellent.

*But now he'd grown eager to hand off his things, as if the weight of his possessions kept him tethered to this earth and, by giving them away, he could snip those strings.*

*How much sweeter life would be if it all happened in reverse, if, after decades of disappointments, you finally arrived at an age when you had conceded nothing, when everything was possible.*