Why read All the Little Children?

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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe?

Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children-until they see fires in…

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1 author picked All the Little Children as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

H Critchlow

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The ending of this engrossing apocalyptic story is heart-stopping and so impactful. It left me in tears on public transport!

I found the depiction of motherhood powerful, with working mum Marlene taking her children for a camping trip and unwittingly surviving a devastating event that hits the UK.

The book has lots of the elements I love in this genre – such as abandoned places and a perilous journey. The way Marlene navigates the transformed landscape, trying to protect her children amid so much death, while dealing with her own guilt and struggles over being a mother, is compelling.

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