The Land of Decoration

Name: The Land of Decoration
ISBN: 9780434021154

by Grace McCleen

Betty Trask · 2013 · WinnerDesmond Elliott · 2012 · Winner

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William HeinemannFebruary 2, 2012Literary FictionISBN 9780434021154

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Betty Trask Award	2013	Winner
Desmond Elliott Prize	2012	Winner	“For its darkly funny and unsettling voice — a ten-year-old girl's faith tested by violence and her own miraculous power.”

About This Book

Grace McCleen's debut novel is narrated by Judith, a ten-year-old girl raised in a fundamentalist Christian sect who believes she can work miracles through a scale model of the world she builds in her bedroom. When bullying at school drives her to use that power, the consequences spiral beyond her control. A darkly funny and unsettling exploration of faith and childhood, it won the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2012.

About the Author

Grace McCleenGB

Grace McCleen is a British novelist born in 1977 in England and raised in a fundamentalist Christian sect. She studied English at Oxford University. The Land of Decoration (2012, William Heinemann) is her debut novel, narrated by Judith, a ten-year-old girl raised in an end-times Christian community who believes she can work miracles through a scale model of the world she builds in her bedroom. Read more →