The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker FIC Wal

This is a coming-of-age type novel with a twist.  Julia is going through the usual angst of becoming a teenager.  She has a crush on a boy, a best friend, a desire to have a bra and some issues with her mother.  Things were changing in the world although Julia hadn't really noticed yet.  The days were getting longer - and not because the season was changing.  The scientists finally gave it the name 'the slowing'.  Julia's mother begins to hoard food and supplies.  Her father, a doctor, seems confident that everything will be okay.  As 'the slowing' gets worse the government asks people to use clock time and to ignore nature's new idea of daytime.  Insomnia is rampant, people are stressed and new cracks begin to appear in humanity.  It was an interesting book but also unsettling.  I am still trying to decide if I feel better that it is cataloged as fiction instead of science fiction!  This is a debut novel and I look forward to more from this author.