num_pages: 480
description: 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 womanCollette LeSange is a lonely artist who heads an elite fine arts school for children in upstate New York. Her youthful beauty masks the dark truth of her life: she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache in the wake of her grandfathers long-ago decision to make her immortal like himself. 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.Combining 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?
language: English
title: The God of Endings
publisher: Flatiron Books