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★當末日並非轟然降臨，而是緩緩地延長你每天的時間……
在一個平凡無奇的週末，住在加州的Julia與家人赫然發現地球轉動的速度變慢了！在那之後，每天黑夜與白晝的時間越來越長，就連地心引力也受到莫名影響，整個生態環境正逐漸失序。
儘管外頭狀況不斷，但十歲的Julia要煩惱的可不只這些。她每天還得要面對情感不睦的父母、初戀的情感糾結以及爺爺的怪異行為等生活瑣事。當Julia好不容易將生活恢復到某種穩定的節奏後，竟發現時間仍然無情地繼續越走越慢、越走越慢……。作者透過正處於徬徨青春期的主角Julia，帶領我們想像不同於瞬間毀滅的另類「世界末日」。(文/博客來編譯)
On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life—the fissures in her parents’ marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.
