În mijlocul unei crize misterioase a mediului înconjurător, și în timp ce Londra este acaparată de inundații, o femeie dă naștere primului său copil. Câteva zile mai târziu, familia este obligată să-și părăsească casa și să caute un adăpost. În timp ce se mută din loc în loc, aventura lor trasează frica, dar și felul în care copilul crește, încercând să înțeleagă ce se întâmplă cu el.
A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, The End We Start From is a haunting but hopeful dystopian vision of a familiar world made dangerous and unstable.
'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
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.