The Last Days of California (Hardcover)

from Kristelh

Synopsis: The family is traveling to California for the end of the world and handing out tracks as they go. The two sisters, ages 17 and 15 are struggling with coming of age issues and their belief or unbelief in God. This is a picture of a family ravelling apart on a road trip. I can't say that ...

from readersrespite

While a cross-country family road-trip is the stuff of nightmares for most teenagers, Jess Metcalf has more reasons for dread than any other teen: her religious fanatic father, her spineless mother, and her secretly-pregnant older sister are traveling to California where their father hopes to be ...

from mountie9

Wanted to love it because it reminded me a little of the family that my bestie Sarah grew up in. It was good enough to keep me reading even though the story never really went anywhere. Think it would have worked better as a short story. Interesting character development study of a damaged family ...

from Beamis12

Jess at 14 is a witty observer as her father packs up the family and leaves on a road trip from Montgomery, Alabama with the intention of moving to California, saving as many souls as possible on the way. Along the way they meet many strange characters but my favorite part of this book is their t...

from nomadreader

The backstory: The Last Days of California is Mary Miller's debut novel. The basics: Jess is fifteen and on a road trip from Montgomery, Alabama with her pregnant seventeen-year-old sister Elise, her evangelical father, and her mother. The family is heading to California because the rapture is co...