Cemeteries were not common in the early years of the 1830s. When I was a child, the dead were all around us. Now in 1984, Collette finds her life upended by the arrival of a gifted child from a troubled home, the return of a stalking presence from her past, and her own mysteriously growing hunger.Ĭombining brilliant prose with breathtaking suspense, The God of Endings serves as a larger exploration of the human condition in all its complexity, asking us the most fundamental question: is life in this world a gift or a curse? Her youthful beauty masks the dark truth of her life: she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache in the wake of her grandfather’s long-ago decision to make her immortal like himself. Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and the first chapter from Jacqueline Holland’s The God of Endings, which is out now.Ĭollette LeSange is a lonely artist who heads an elite fine arts school for children in upstate New York. By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman.
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