The End of the World Is Bigger than Love

Davina Bell

Feb 2021 · Bolinda · Narrated by Sophie Loughran

About this audiobook

‘To be aware of the risks and wade in anyway – that is life, dear Summer. Your glass-bottomed boat may crack. But to have sailed it and seen into the soul of another realm. Isn’t the wonder worth it?’ Identical twin sisters Summer and Winter live alone on a remote island, sheltered from the fallout of a mysterious event that has laid waste to the rest of the world. They survive on rations stockpiled by their father and spend their days reading and rereading their mother’s collection of classic literature – until the arrival of a mysterious stranger upends their carefully constructed reality. At first, Edward is a welcome distraction. But who is he really, and why has he come? As love blooms and the world stops spinning, the secrets of the girls’ past begin to unravel and escape is the only option. A sumptuously written story of love and grief; of sisterly affection and the ultimate sacrifice; of technological progress and climate catastrophe; of an enigmatic bear and a talking whale: The End of the World Is Bigger than Love is unlike anything you’ve heard before.

About the author

Davina Bell is an award-winning author of books for young readers of many ages. She writes picture books (including All the Ways to be Smart and Under the Love Umbrella), junior fiction (Lemonade Jones) and middle-grade fiction (the Corner Park Clubhouse series). Davina lives in Melbourne, where she works as a children’s book editor.

Sophie Loughran is a NIDA graduate who has been involved with performing and music since a young age. Melbourne born and raised, Sophie got her start in voiceover working at Southern Cross Austereo as part of the street team for Fox FM and Triple M! Sophie has also toured both Australia and internationally as a performer with Scooby Doo the Musical and was a resident cast member at Disneyland Paris. Sophie's first Bolinda audiobook was Lottie Perkins: The Ultimate Collection and she has since narrated many more.