The End Of Everything by Megan Abbott

By Eithne Farry  on Friday 29 July 2011

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A shimmering, disturbing tale of a missing teenage girl and her best friend's quest to find her

A shimmering, disturbing tale of a missing teenage girl and her best friend's quest to find her.

Lizzie Hood and Evie Verver are neighbours and best friends, alive with the magic of being 13- a scary time of teeming hormones, teenage possibilities and adolescent vulnerabilities. Lizzie is smitten with Evie's charismatic dad (her own father has gone AWOL) and idolises her sister Dusty, a golden girl who seems to represent their fabulous future. But then, one afternoon, Evie goes missing and Lizzie's summery certainties are thrown into disarray. Determined to solve the mystery of her friend's sudden dissappearance, Lizzie turns detective, skulking through the neighbourhood in the dark of night, searching for clues and uncovering some harsh emotional truths about the Verver family in the process.

Abbott unflinchingly captures the way in which the hazy, dreamy world of childhood is replaced by the brutal reality of predatory adult sexuality. Brilliantly menacing.

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Review by Eithne Farry

Release date: Friday 29 July 2011

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