With highly memorable characters, deep emotion and a story that stays with you, We Begin at the End tells the tale of several residents of a coastal California small town. Author Chris Whitaker writes of 13-year-old Duchess, who cares for her young brother and her troubled mother, and Walk, the chief of police who was forever changed by his best friend’s incarceration at 15. They are the eyes through which we see the novel’s surprising twists.
Both heartbreaking and redemptive and with villains, heroes and everything in between, Whitaker brings this book to life with strong writing and an unforgettable story.
Raela Schoenherr works in marketing at a publishing company and is a lifelong lover of books and reading.
