The End We Start from by Megan Hunter

The End We Start from by Megan Hunter

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.

Megan Hunter is an internationally recognized expert and lecturer on the topic of high-conflict partnerships, which are the most difficult of all relationships. She's added the focus of assisting people in high-conflict relationships learn to manage them or techniques to exit with less collateral harm after many years of educating family court judges, lawyers, mediators, and mental health experts. She has trained experts all throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. Megan is the founder and CEO of Life Unhooked, a training and consulting firm; Unhooked Books, a conflict resolution-focused online bookstore; and the publisher of High Conflict Institute Press. She co-founded the High Conflict Institute with Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., an author and speaker.

who coined the term high-conflict personality Megan came up with the idea for the Institute after working as a Family Law Specialist for the Arizona Supreme Court and as the Child Support Manager for the Dawes County Attorney's Office in Nebraska for 13 years. Megan has taught high-conflict legal issues to legal, mental health, business, leadership organizations, universities, and other professionals across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Her background includes building expertise in international child custody issues, as well as policy design, research, and program development related to court processes, child support protocols, and parent education initiatives.

She gained a wide grasp of the difficulties facing both families and professionals in family law as staff to the Arizona Legislature's Domestic Relations and Child Support Committees. She has a master's degree in business administration. Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, awarded him a Bachelor's of Business and Economics from the University of Phoenix. She was the President of the Arizona Chapter of the Organization of Family and Conciliation Courts, as well as the Arizona Family Support Council and the Nebraska Child Support Enforcement Association.

She most recently served on the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners for five years and as Vice President of the Personality Disorder Awareness Network, a non-profit organization. In 2010, the Arizona Association of Family & Conciliation Courts honored her with the Distinguished Contribution Award, and the Arizona Psychological Association honored her with the Friend of Psychology Award in 2006. She is married with three children and five stepchildren and lives in Arizona.