The End We Start From

Hunter, Megan

ISBN 10: 0802126898 / ISBN 13: 9780802126894

Published by Grove Press, U. S. A., 2017

About this Item

First edition/First printing. Book is in Fine, unread condition, with a minute bump at the top of the spine. Dust jacket is Fine.

Seller Inventory # 2373

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End We Start From
• Publisher: Grove Press, U. S. A.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802126898
• ISBN 13: 9780802126894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy

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Synopsis

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JODIE COMER

“Engrossing, compelling.” — Naomi Alderman, author of The Power

“I was moved, terrified, uplifted – sometimes all three at once.” — Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring

Publishing in the US to a wave of critical acclaim and nominations for two major literary prizes, Megan Hunter’s internationally bestselling, extraordinarily poetic debut novel imagines new motherhood in the midst of an all-too-possible climate change catastrophe. A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, The End We Start From is a searing original, a modern-day parable of rebirth and renewal, of maternal bonds, and the instinct to survive and thrive in the absence of all that’s familiar.

As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place. Their journey traces fear and wonder as the baby grows, thriving and content against all the odds.

The End We Start From is an indelible and elemental first book—a lyrical vision of the strangeness and beauty of new motherhood, and a tale of endurance in the face of ungovernable change.

About the Author

Megan Hunter was born in Manchester in 1984, and now lives in Cambridge with her young family. She has a BA in English Literature from Sussex University, and an MPhil in English Literature: Criticism and Culture from Jesus College, Cambridge. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and she was a finalist for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award with her short story "Selfing." The End We Start From is her first book.