Queer Book Club: The Cabin at the End of the World

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”

Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.

Available as a print book in the store or as an audiobooks from Libro.fm https://libro.fm/.../9780062849588-the-cabin-at-the-end...

The book was adapted into the 2023 movie "Knock at the Cabin" with some plot changes
Accessibility info:
Parking and bathrooms nearby. No ramp access to shop. Small set of steps to entrance. Call ahead to see if bookclub will be outdoors or indoors. If outdoors, noise may be loud / close to road.

Host or Publisher Bethel CT Pride