The End of the Day by Bill Clegg
New York Times bestselling author Bill Clegg returns with a "delicate, deeply observed, and deftly crafted" (Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs) second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of friendship, the corrosive forces of secrets, the heartbeat of longing, and the redemption found in forgiveness.A retired widow in rural Connecticut wakes to an unexpected visit from her childhood best friend whom she hasn't seen in forty-nine years.
A man arrives at a Pennsylvania hotel to introduce his estranged father to his newborn daughter and finds him collapsed on the floor of the lobby.
A sixty-seven-year-old taxi driver in Kauai receives a phone call from the mainland that jars her back to a traumatic past.
These seemingly disconnected lives come together as half-century-old secrets begin to surface. It is in this moment that Bill Clegg reminds us how choices--to connect, to betray, to protect--become our legacy.
"Written in lyrical, beautiful prose that makes even waking up seem like a poetic event" (Good Morning America), this novel is a feat of storytelling, capturing sixty years within the framework of one fateful day.
Bill Clegg is the author of the blockbuster books Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days, as well as a literary agency in New York. He has written for the New York Times, Lapham's Quarterly, New York magazine, The Guardian, and Harper's Bazaar, and is the author of the novels Did You Ever Have a Family and The End of the Day.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781476798219 |
| ISBN 10 | 1476798214 |
| Title | The End of the Day |
| Author | Bill Clegg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gallery/Scout Press |
| Year published | 2021-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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