A Home at the End of the World
Ratings11
Average rating3.6
Presents two decades of American life - Bobby and gay Jonathan, growing up together in a small town in the 1970s; Jonathan's mother Alice; and, unconventional Clare, with whom the two grown-up men form a family.
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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.
