OEND captures Peggy’s time in the woods and her father’s surfacing madness.Ĭlaire Fuller writes with astonishing beauty and grit. Nine years later Peggy is reunited with her mother (Ute), a world-famous pianist. They forage mushrooms and kill squirrels, but eventually nature’s looming presence darkens. In the aftermath of a rough storm, he tells her the rest of the world was destroyed and they’re the only survivors. In 1976, 8-year-old Peggy’s survivalist father takes her on a holiday that warps into a nightmare. This is a domestic thriller situation in the middle of a forest. From now on, Punzel, we’re going to live by the sun and the seasons.’ He picked me up and spun me around, laughing.’Our days will be endless.”īooks with rich and delicate writing usually make me slow down so I can properly grasp the story, the same happened with Our Endless Numbered Days (OEND). “Dates only make us aware of how numbered our days are, how much closer to death we are for each one we cross off.
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