About the book
After You’d Gone is the groundbreaking debut novel from National Book Critics Circle Award winner Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. A stunning, bestselling novel of wrenching love and grief.
Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. Alice's family gathers at her bedside and as they wait, argue, and remember, long-buried tensions emerge. The more they talk, the more they seem to conceal. Alice, meanwhile, slides between varying levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a love affair that recently ended. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You'd Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth, marking the debut of a major literary talent.
Editions of After You'd Gone
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781039010291
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780593684795
- EBook
- ISBN 9780593684801
- EBook
- ISBN 9781039010550
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781039010567
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781039010574
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After You’d Gone is the groundbreaking debut novel from National Book Critics Circle Award winner Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. A stunning, bestselling novel of wrenching love and grief.
Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. Alice's family gathers at her bedside and as they wait, argue, and remember, long-buried tensions emerge. The more they talk, the more they seem to conceal. Alice, meanwhile, slides between varying levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a love affair that recently ended. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You'd Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth, marking the debut of a major literary talent.
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What is After You'd Gone about?
After You’d Gone is the groundbreaking debut novel from National Book Critics Circle Award winner Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. A stunning, bestselling novel of wrenching love and grief.
Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. Alice's family gathers at her bedside and as they wait, argue, and remember, long-buried tensions emerge. The more they talk, the more they seem to conceal. Alice, meanwhile, slides between varying levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a love affair that recently ended. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You'd Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth, marking the debut of a major literary talent.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in After You'd Gone?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of After You'd Gone?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781039010291
Who is/are the Author/s of the book After You'd Gone?
Maggie O'Farrell
Who is the Publisher of the book After You'd Gone?
Knopf Canada
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
After You'd Gone is available as paperback(ISBN 9781039010291) and paperback(ISBN 9780593684795) and ebook(ISBN 9780593684801) and ebook(ISBN 9781039010550) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781039010567) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781039010574)
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