- Title:
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The End We Start From
- Written by:
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Megan Hunter
- Read by:
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Louise Brealey
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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2 hours 3 minutes
- Published:
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August 28 2017
- Available Date:
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August 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509877386
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Contemporary Science Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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'Spellbinding ... a debut [that] packs a punch that belies its brevity, with the author's background in poetry shining through ... perfectly balanced between fear and wonder.'
The Bookseller
A haunting story which ponders the meaning of survival and humanity in desperate times.
In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later, the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety. As they move from place to place, shelter to shelter, their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.
This is a story of new motherhood in a terrifying setting: a familiar world made dangerous and unstable, its people forced to become refugees. Startlingly beautiful, Megan Hunter's The End We Start From is a gripping novel that paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening. And yet, though the country is falling apart around them, this family’s world – of new life and new hope – sings with love.
'A powerful and painful story of love and endurance, and of the experiences of being a mother and a refugee.'
Stylist
'Startling ... beautiful and insightful.'
Elle