In this "bittersweet and utterly beguiling novel," (Publisher's Weekly) each of the MacKenzie family tells their stories in nine, wildly opposed points of view. Starting at a family reunion, three generations of the MacKenzies face off against each other. They discover that terrorism is as intimate as one’s own family. Selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year," DUCK AND COVER is a "wicked black comedy" of a family who fights their wars "on the home front." As one of the MacKenzie children says, "The way nuclear families are put together, it just makes sense they would explode."

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Brenda Peterson is the critically acclaimed author of over 20 books, including the novel Duck and Cover, a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year,” now in audiobook. Her first memoir, Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals, was chosen as a “Best Spiritual Book of the Year.”  The author narrates her second memoir, I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. It was chosen as an Indie Next “Best Top Read” and named among the “Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of the Year” by The Christian Science Monitor. Forbes chose Peterson’s Wolf Nation as a “Best Conservation Book of the Year. Library Journal gave Peterson’s new book, Wild Chorus: Finding Harmony with Whales, Wolves, and Other Animals a prestigious starred review. Peterson lives on the Salish Sea in Seattle, Washington. For more audio/video and back-story on Peterson’s books, please visit: www.BrendaPetersonBooks.com