End of the Day

The second novel from Booker-longlisted Bill Clegg

Following his acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg returns with a deeply moving, emotionally resonant second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of family and friendship. The End of the Day is an exploration of class and power, the corrosive force 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 Bethlehem, 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 in Bill Clegg’s second novel.

Deeply observed and beautifully written in Bill Clegg's signature ‘eloquent, elegant voice’ (Entertainment Weekly), the novel is a feat of storytelling, capturing sixty years within the framework of one fateful day.

Cel de-al doilea roman al lui Bill Clegg, listat de Booker In urma bestsellerului sau aclamat din New York Times, Ai avut vreodata o familie, Bill Clegg revine cu un al doilea roman profund miscator, rezonant din punct de vedere emotional, despre legaturile complicate si punctele de rupere ale familiei si prieteniei. Sfarsitul zilei este o explorare a clasei si puterii, forta coroziva a secretelor, bataile inimii dorului si rascumpararea gasita in iertare. O vaduva pensionara din Connecticut din mediul rural se trezeste la o vizita neasteptata a celui mai bun prieten al ei din copilarie. Nu a fost vazut in patruzeci si noua de ani. Un barbat ajunge la un hotel din Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, pentru a-i prezenta tatalui instrainat fiicei sale nou-nascute si il gaseste prabusit pe podeaua holului. Un sofer de taxi de saizeci si sapte de ani din Kauai primeste un telefon de pe continent care o indreapta spre un trecut traumatic. Aceste vieti aparent deconectate se reunesc pe masura ce secretele vechi de jumatate de secol incep sa iasa la iveala in al doilea roman al lui Bill Clegg. Profund observat si frumos scris in semnatura lui Bill Clegg „elocventa, eleganta voice '(Entertainment Weekly), romanul este o poveste de povestire, capturand saizeci de ani in cadrul unei zile fatidice.