The End We Start From
Registered by soffitta1 of Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on 1/5/2019
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Bought in Waterstones in Dundee.
Journal Entry 2 by soffitta1 at St Luke's Community Centre, Duston in Northampton, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 10, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (10/12/2019 UTC) at St Luke's Community Centre, Duston in Northampton, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
For the Uncon.
Picked up from the book buffet at this year's Bookcrossing Uncon in Northampton/Duston 2019. Adding to my TBR. Thanks for sharing!
This was easy to get into and it's quite a brave book, especially for a debut novel.
Synopsis
Megan Hunter's honed and spare prose paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening. Though the country is falling apart around them and its people are forced to become refugees, this family’s world – of new life and new hope – sings with love.
In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child. 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 the baby's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.
I found it be very believable and chunks of it reminded me of the BBC series "Survivors" from the mid-seventies. Looting to find food and armed guards etc... and the narrator is bringing up her young baby and he grows as the book develops. Well worth a read but it won't be for everyone.
Synopsis
Megan Hunter's honed and spare prose paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening. Though the country is falling apart around them and its people are forced to become refugees, this family’s world – of new life and new hope – sings with love.
In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child. 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 the baby's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.
I found it be very believable and chunks of it reminded me of the BBC series "Survivors" from the mid-seventies. Looting to find food and armed guards etc... and the narrator is bringing up her young baby and he grows as the book develops. Well worth a read but it won't be for everyone.
Journal Entry 5 by Beqi at Phone box, Main Street, by The Rose Inn in Willoughby, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Monday, June 22, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (6/23/2020 UTC) at Phone box, Main Street, by The Rose Inn in Willoughby, Warwickshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Taking along to the phone box library/book exchange in Willoughby. This is worth a read. Interesting premise!