Chris Whitaker\'s We Begin at the End looks at families--the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
She\'s.
Rules are for other people.
But let them throw their sticks, because she\'ll throw stones.
At school the other kids make fun of Duchess--her clothes are torn, her hair a mess.
Star always burned bright, but recently that light has dimmed, leaving Duchess to parent not only her mother but her five-year-old brother.
Walk is in overdrive trying to protect them, but Vincent and Star seem bent on sliding deeper into self-destruction.
Her mother, Star, grew up with Walk and Vincent.
Duchess is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw.
Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.
He may have become the chief of police, but he\'s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up.
There are two kinds of families: the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
Duchess and Walk--and everyone they love and whose hearts they break, who deserve so much more than life serves them--will sear your heart in this extraordinary novel.
It shows up on Walk\'s and Duchess\'s doorsteps, and they will be unable to do anything but usher it in, arms wide closed.
As soon as he steps one foot back into his childhood town, trouble arrives.
Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.
And he\'s in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother as their mother slides deeper into self-destruction.
But he\'s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before.
He\'s the chief of police, trying to keep Cape Haven, with its beautiful bluffs overlooking the sea, not only safe, but safe from becoming a cookie-cutter tourist destination for the rich.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up.
She is the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids.
She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin.
Duchess might be a badass, but she\'s really just trying to survive.
But let them throw their sticks, because she\'ll throw stones.
At school the other kids make fun of her--her clothes are torn, her hair a mess.
Rules are for other people.
Duchess Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw.
Life is lived somewhere in between.
Wrong.
Right.
Chris Whitaker\'s We Begin at the End looks at families--the ones we are born into and the ones we create
