Home at the End of the World (Richard Sharpe Adventures)

by Michael Cunningham

Here are two decades of American life told through four people: 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 ....

• ISBN10: 0312202318
• ISBN13: 9780312202316
• Publish Date: 15 November 1998 (first published 7 November 1990)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Bianca]

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