Publisher's Synopsis
A wrangling group of Christians and atheists, drawn together for survival after a nuclear attack, gradually find a level of understanding deeper than the words they have used in their quarrels. They escape from Berkeley, fight off the marauding militias ruling Nevada, and begin building a community based on kindness and mutual respect. Emily straddles the religious conflict: she longs for the calm joy of her devout mother but cannot abandon her freethinking father's rigorous standards of truth-seeking. In touching and comic encounters, she explores the down-to-earth meaning of love your enemies, judge not, and other Sermon on the Mount teachings.
