{"product_id":"9781328745460","title":"The News From The End Of The World","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe News From The End Of The World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Emily Jeanne Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“This one’s a winner.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Vance Lake is broke, jobless, and recently dumped. Taking refuge with his twin brother, Craig, on Cape Cod, he unwittingly finds himself in the middle of a crisis that would test even the most cohesive family, let alone the Lakes. Seventeen-year-old Amanda is pregnant. Craig is heartbroken and full of rage; his exasperated wife, Gina, is on the brink of an affair; and Amanda is indignant, ashamed, and very, very scared.\u003cbr\u003e Told in alternating points of view by each member of this colorful New England clan, and infused with the quiet charm of the Cape in the off-season, \u003ci\u003eThe News from the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e follows one family into a crucible of pent-up resentments, old and new secrets, and memories long buried. Only by coming to terms with their pasts, as individuals and together, do they stand a chance of emerging intact.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “My favorite kind of book, bighearted and full of complicated flawed characters stumbling through love and life, making hard choices, making mistakes, and making the reader fall in love with every one of them. I loved this novel!” — Ann Hood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book That Matters Most\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With wonderfully crafted characters and expert pacing, Miller has written the kind of narrative that readers crave: a beautifully written, hard-to-put-down story that will stay long after the book has been closed.” — \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Is home the answer or the end of the road? A beautifully crafted, emotional portrait of a Cape Cod family whose teenage daughter may not be the only one out of options.  The austere beauty of the off-season landscape seems to bring out hard truths and scour away secrets.  I loved it.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Simonson\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMajor Pettigrew’s Last Stand\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Before the War\u003c\/em\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eThe News from the End of the World \u003c\/em\u003eis my favorite kind of book, bighearted and full of complicated flawed characters stumbling through love and life, making hard choices, making mistakes, and making the reader fall in love with every one of them. I loved this novel!”  —\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Hood\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book that Matters Most\u003c\/em\u003e   \"With wonderfully crafted characters and expert pacing, Miller has written the kind of narrative that readers crave: a beautifully written, hard-to put-down story that will stay with readers long after the book has been closed.\"\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eBOOKLIST\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Immersive… The unique landscape of Cape Cod in the offseason sets the stage for Miller’s poignant, fast-paced family drama. Told in alternating points of view, this gripping novel gets to the heart of the familial trust, independence, and the struggle to overcome the past in order to forge a happier future.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e     “\u003cem\u003eIn The News from the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, Emily Jeanne Miller deftly shows how lifetimes can be contained in four days, how memories inhabit a place, and how returning home is always to confront oneself. The characters in this novel consistently surprised me; they find grace in quiet moments, forgiveness when least expected. And it’s all so beautifully written that by the end I felt as if I had lived in this town my whole life, and could walk its haunted streets.”  —\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Rock\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Abandonment \u003c\/em\u003e   “Emily Jeanne Miller’s \u003cem\u003eThe News from the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e recalls Tolstoy’s line that 'every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,' an idea less tragic than simply true; shared pain is what solders us. This is a book about the soldering of one family, about the love between brothers and sisters and fathers and daughters all written in heartbreaking, true and gorgeous prose.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eLea Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eEleven Days\u003c\/em\u003e   “Emily Jeanne Miller is a master storyteller. In her brilliant T\u003cem\u003ehe News from the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, she summons a way of seeing reminiscent of Virginia Woolf: the male characters are as vivid as the female, and as their stories unfold, you cannot look away. This moving and deeply satisfying novel weaves several stories over a New England weekend, without one false note. I will be thinking about the Lake family for a long time.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Bausch\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eFar as the Eye Can See \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Hole in the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781328745460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41168244867278,"sku":"9781328745460","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781328745460.jpg?v=1651825131","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781328745460","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}