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ⓘ About Lydia Millet
The children in this book devise games that keep them away from their parents. You will notice how dangerously negligent the parents are as all their focus is on their last hurrah. The children spend three days camping on the beach until a violent storm-force them back inside. Eve’s brother, Jack, likens the floods to what is written in the bible with Noah’s Ark. While the young boy did not believe in God, he believed that this message from nature needed to be taken seriously. At some point, men with guns come to disrupt the story’s direction, but ultimately, it goes back to that hazy dream right in the middle of the disaster. This is a coming-of-age story featuring a bunch of pre-teen and teen children and their parents.
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Who is Lydia Millet?
The children in this book devise games that keep them away from their parents. You will notice how dangerously negligent the parents are as all their focus is on their last hurrah. The children spend three days camping on the beach until a violent storm-force them back inside.
Which Lydia Millet series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Dissenters series, the earliest of Lydia Millet's multi-book series: it opens with The Fires Beneath the Sea (2011) and runs to 3 books across 2011–2017, ending with The Bodies of the Ancients (2017).
How many books has Lydia Millet written?
Lydia Millet has 27 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Dissenters series with 3 books — and 24 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lydia Millet's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lydia Millet's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Dissenters (2011–2017, 3 books).
How are Lydia Millet's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lydia Millet's 27 books into 1 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Dissenters (3 books, 2011–2017).