The End of the Day, Bill Clegg
The End of the Day, Bill Clegg
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The End of the Day

Author: Bill Clegg

Narrator: Bill Clegg

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2020


Synopsis

Following his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Did You Ever Have a Family, 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.

About Bill Clegg

Bill Clegg is a literary agent in New York and the author of the bestselling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. The author of the novels Did You Ever Have a Family and The End of the Day, he has written for the New York Times, Lapham’s Quarterly, New York magazine, The Guardian, and Harper’s Bazaar.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on October 08, 2020

Buckle up! Take a deep breath and enjoy your 5 decades long journey takes you to the cities including NY, Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Mexico and Kauai, meeting with different narrators and their unique stories! Bill Clegg is truly mastermind of creating detailed, layered, natural characters......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on September 18, 2020

I liked it, but didn’t love it - many of us frequently say that in our reviews. I know I’ve said it enough. Sometimes that’s hard to adequately explain. In this case it was generally because I just wanted it to end, but at the same time I wanted to keep reading because I really did want to know what......more

Goodreads review by JanB on April 27, 2020

Bill Clegg has a keen insight into human nature and treats his characters with compassion. His stories and prose touches my heart. I feel for his characters. Their hopes and dreams, their regrets, their pain, and the corrosive nature of long-held secrets and decisions can change lives. The character......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on July 23, 2020

Not my cup of tea. Needs better pacing. Hard to connect to the story.......more

Goodreads review by Eliza on January 26, 2020

The End of the Day is written by Bill Clegg, who up until this point is someone I have not heard of, despite him having written multiple other books. That said, I can see how people love his writing - he really transports his readers into the minds of his characters and allows us to feel their pain......more