'A startlingly optimistic work, a fable about making families and communities, about the practices that bring people together as the world wrenches them apart.' * Guardian *
'This magical book honours the miracle of how people make people who become precious just to their chosen kin, just for a little while-before life continues on and sweeps us all along in its wake. It's filled with a gentle acknowledgement of how we each suffer alone, but is also suffused with hope at how even the worst kinds of grief can be survived through loving connections with others. Bursting with wisdom and poetry, this novel reminds us that storytelling is a moral force-and a salve to every lost soul.' * Ceridwen Dovey *
'Tender, lyrical, funny, devastating, The End and Everything Before It is a map of the miracles great and small that make up our lives.' * Liam Pieper *
'Mysterious, poetic, earthy and profound, The End and Everything Before It is a true delight, unlike anything I've ever read.' * Ayelet Waldman *
'Beautifully demonstrates how stories can connect and shape lives, transcending generations and geographical boundaries...Masterful storytelling and rich character development create an immersive reading experience that lingers in the mind even after the story concludes.Readers will be captivated by the deep exploration of human experiences and the significant role that memory and narrative play in shaping our perception of ourselves and those around us.' * Readings *
'Moving, profound and deeply layered...A triumphant melding of time and place, grief and love, and above all, the strength of the human spirit to counter tragedy with hope and endure.' * Books+Publishing *
'This is a novel unlike any other...It's unputdownable, and in a world of angst-ridden fiction, it's uplifting...Kruckemeyer's female characters defy stereotypes...Quietly devastating.' * ANZ LitLovers *
'A profoundly tragicomic philosophy of life...Stories of death, love and grief collide in this book.' * Age *
'A book that is as much a puzzle as it is a novel...[Explores] the deeper question of where do stories start and where do stories end? What is a story and when can we start to look at it as an entity? Puts tiles into a mosaic that creates a picture...A beautiful concept, a beautiful preoccupation.' * ABC Radio Melbourne Evenings, David Astle *

Author Biography: Finegan Kruckemeyer was born in Ireland and now lives in Adelaide. He is an award-winning playwright, whose works have been performed on six continents and in eight languages. The End and Everything Before It is his first novel.