A Home at the End of the World

A story about unconventional love, music, drugs and cooking. I really liked the way the story makes you love a character one minute and dislike them the next. Pretty much everyone in this book is broken in some way, and searching for some kind of peace and contentment. I didn't like the ending. Usually I might complain when when a book neatly ties everything up, sometimes not knowing is better, but in this case I was so emotionally involved I wanted to know if Johnathan got sick, what happened to Clare & Rebecca and did they get the dishwasher fixed????

Probably doesn't give same punch as it did when it was first published, but definitely worth your time.

What I'd really like is to know what happened to me. Why can't I seem to make a life for myself? What happened? You were there, you must have seen it. I keep thinking there must be something I don't remember. I've got a decent job, I have lovers and friends. So why do I feel so numb and separate? Why do I feel like a failure?

— About lonely people longing to find their place in this world, to be a part of a “family”, to have a place they could call home. A home where they could just be themselves, whoever that may be. It's not a perfect book, but I really loved how it made me feel

Cunningham uses many of the
same themes and elements in
A Home at the End of the World
he would later reuse
in The Hours including mom-son
relationships, gay relationships,
the lost feeling in modern life,
death, and the joy of living in
the moment.