Our Endless Numbered Days
Hardback Published on: 26/02/2015
Price: £14.99
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‘Room’ With a Haunting View
With thanks to Anna Ridley and Penguin for the proof copy.
This is one of those books: a lot can be said for it, but not about it. Not without spoiling ... READ MORE
Dark and compelling
I really enjoyed this; I wasn't sure what to expect going in and I'm glad of this, now that I think about it. For that reason too, I'll keep this review sh... READ MORE
Dark and utterly compelling
I picked this up on a whim and so glad I did, I just couldn't put it down. It's dark, sinister and utterly compelling.
The life at the hut that Peggy a... READ MORE
Startling and Satisfying
I really enjoyed 'Our Endless Numbered Days', particularly the depiction of the central character and narrator Peggy. Aged eight for much of the story, she... READ MORE
A quietly disturbing fairytale
I'm not usually a huge reader of crime stories, and while this novel technically documents a crime - the kidnapping of a small child - it reads more like a... READ MORE
Synopsis
WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2015
'Fuller handles the tension masterfully in this grown-up thriller of a fairytale, full of clues, questions and intrigue.' - The Times
'Extraordinary...From the opening sentence it is gripping' - Sunday Times
1976: Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends her summer camping with her father, playing her beloved record of The Railway Children and listening to her mother's grand piano, but her pretty life is about to change.
Her survivalist father, who has been stockpiling provisions for the end which is surely coming soon, takes her from London to a cabin in a remote European forest. There he tells Peggy the rest of the world has disappeared.
Her life is reduced to a piano which makes music but no sound, a forest where all that grows is a means of survival. And a tiny wooden hut that is Everything.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241003930
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 29 mm
- Weight: 444g
Customer Reviews
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The Retreaters have been meeting in Peggy's childhood home in London, planning their survival. Her fatgher James and the other members made lists of necess... READ MORE
magical moments
Peggy (17) recalls that hot summer in her 8th year when her father and his survivalist friends spent long evenings arguing and preparing for the end of the... READ MORE
An endless read
Our Endless Numbered Days
Claire Fuller
I enjoyed reading the book but often found myself frustrated. The story goes back and forth in time and gradually... READ MORE
Well written & interesting read
Unlike some other reviewers, I wasn't bothered by the back and forth in the timeline, it worked rather well for me and, overall, I enjoyed the book. Althou... READ MORE
Disturbing but readable
A difficult subject matter makes for a challenging rather than entertaining read.
There are many true accounts of dysfunctional families not sure why a fi... READ MORE
What happened to Peggy?
What happens when your father leads you to a cabin in the middle of the woods, and tells you the world has ended? Told partly in present (1985) and flashba... READ MORE
A wonderful book that leaves you happy & sad
This really hooked me in & didnt let go until the end which was not what i excected. It follows the story of Punzle & her dad growing up in a cabin in the ... READ MORE
An Unexpected Twist
Eight year old Peggy Hillcoat faces the harsh news from her "survivalist" father that the rest of the world has disappeared. Growing up in a little cabin i... READ MORE
Our Endless Numbered Days is a very clever story,
Peggy Hillcoat tells her story in two parts. We begin in 1985, in London, and 17 year old Peggy is rediscovering her childhood home and coming to terms wit... READ MORE
A Dark Modern Fairytale
Not the sort of book I would normally choose to read. Nevertheless, I was pleased to be given the opportunity to do so and then review it.
An initial "ga... READ MORE
An excellent, remorseless read – but don’t attempt it if you want to fall asleep
I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
I started this book at 4am in the hope that after a few pages I woul... READ MORE
Our Endless Numbered Days
A thoroughly intriguing book, that managed to completely surprise me at the end, as to what was really happening all the way through, that I had not even c... READ MORE
Frustratingly endless
While I liked the premise of this story, I found myself taking over a month to read this story. I think it was because I kept getting confused, or just pla... READ MORE
An interesting read
This book tells the story of 8 year old Peggy Hillcoat who is 'taken' by her survivalist father to a location in a remote forest in Germany where she remai... READ MORE
Perfectly believable and wholly engrossing
Peggy is an eight year old, growing up with her concert pianist mother, Ute, and survivalist father, James. After numerous discussions with unusual friends... READ MORE