The End and Everything Before It
by Finegan Kruckemeyer
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Pub Date Jul 02 2024 | Archive Date Jun 30 2024
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Description
'Tender, lyrical, funny, devastating... a map of the miracles great and small that make up our lives.'—Liam Pieper
Emma watched her mother’s kayak disappear among icebergs in the Arctic Sea. Six years later, her brother, who had not spoken since their mother was lost, warns Emma of the curse of death that she brought to anyone who looked on her face—before tragedy befalls him too.
Emma consigns herself to a solitary life at sea, where she can do no more harm. After years alone, she is mysteriously drawn to land. And she docks at an island, afraid of what her arrival might mean for the welcoming man and his daughter waving from the jetty.
But who knows where our stories begin and end or how they are entwined? Who knows whether now, on the island, she begins a new tale—or takes a role in a story that began generations ago with a feast in the forest, or a chest of gold coins plunged into the sea, or an orphan in a bookshop beguiled by an elusive and troubled woman?
Finegan Kruckemeyer’s astonishing debut is a sweeping, joyous novel about love, loss and the power of stories—an uplifting journey into our deepest humanity.
Advance Praise
‘This magical book honours the miracle of how people make people who become precious just to their chosen kin, just for a little while—before life continues on and sweeps us all along in its wake. It’s filled with a gentle acknowledgement of how we each suffer alone, but is also suffused with hope at how even the worst kinds of grief can be survived through loving connections with others. Bursting with wisdom and poetry, this novel reminds us that storytelling is a moral force—and a salve to every lost soul.’—Ceridwen Dovey
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781922790736 |
PRICE | A$34.99 (AUD) |
PAGES | 272 |
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