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Author:

LaPlante, Alice, 1958- author.

Title:

Coming of age at the end of days / Alice LaPlante.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Atlantic Monthly Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 301 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Teenage girls--Fiction.
Cults--Fiction.

Summary:

Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, as a young girl she quickly learned how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But when, at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life, she loses her sense of self and purpose. Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. They're active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna's lifeher family, her home, her very identitywill undergo profound changes. But when her newfound beliefs threaten to push her over the edge, she must find her way back to center with the help of unlikely friends.

Indexed by:

Bklst 07/01/2015.
LJ 07/01/2015.
PW 06/08/2015.
Kirkus 06/01/2015.

ISBN:

0802121659
9780802121653

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