Description: "In this woven novel, we humans are love, are destruction, are wish and want. Domenica Ruta has created a portrait of humanity in a moment that is both the end and the beginning, and this novel is urgent and true and filled with such beauty." --Ramona Ausubel, author of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty and No One Is Here Except All of Us "Domenica Ruta's empathy is broad and deep, her prose fine-grained, her humor sharp but tender. Last Day is a life-affirming antidote to these pre-apocalyptic times." --Teddy Wayne, author of Loner "Domenica Ruta has collected seven disconnected lives--each one heartbreaking and hilarious, flawed and exalted--and masterfully ties them together using rituals of loss and celebration. Last Day travels from outer space panoramas to palm-sized minutia, every paragraph punctuated with curious truths. I devoured this book and, much like the world itself, I didn't want it to end." --Adam Nemett, author of We Can Save Us All " Last Day is a galaxy unto itself, a profound and incisive slice of our world on the edge of its inevitable end from a brilliant voice in American fiction." --Amelia Gray, author of Isadora "A beautiful portrait of humanity in the shadow of a dying Earth . . . Ruta delicately sketches the large cast of characters--as well as their dreams, fears, and failures--with care. She's able to pinpoint certain universal feelings with precision." -- Kirkus Reviews

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