The End and Everything Before It

‘This magical book honours the miracle of how people make people who become precious just to their chosen kin, just for a little while—before life continues on and sweeps us all along in its wake. It's filled with a gentle acknowledgement of how we each suffer alone, but is also suffused with hope at how even the worst kinds of grief can be survived through loving connections with others. Bursting with wisdom and poetry, this novel reminds us that storytelling is a moral force—and a salve to every lost soul.’ * Ceridwen Dovey * ‘Tender, lyrical, funny, devastating, The End and Everything Before It is a map of the miracles great and small that make up our lives.’ * Liam Pieper * ‘Hibernation is witty, intriguing, poetic and full of energising provocations. It refreshes our thinking.’ * InDaily on Hibernation * ‘Five stars. The writing is sharp, elegant, witty and world class...I was entertained, outraged, moved and provoked by this exciting new work by a playwright whose voice will echo around the world.’ * GLAM Adelaide on Hibernation * ‘Kruckemeyer creates a world that is almost hypnotic...At play's end, the layered tales resolve and the work moves into the objective once more, tying up like a symphony.’ * Cairns Post on At Sea, Staring Up * ‘Moving, profound and deeply layered…A triumphant melding of time and place, grief and love, and above all, the strength of the human spirit to counter tragedy with hope and endure.’ * Books+Publishing *