The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker was an easy pleasurable read. Coming of Age story with a sci-fi setting. Kind of weak on the sci-fi, and since I have a fear that we'll face a similar fate due to solar flares (ahem) it would have been cool if the author would have elaborated on that theme a little more. And even though the young girl protagonist, Julia, doesn't have any radical realizations about life, just the basic parental failings, social awkwardness, it's still a nice story. Thumbs up.