{"product_id":"after-youd-gone","title":"After You'd Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003e1st edition 1st impression of After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell (2000). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format hardback in near fine condition. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the extremities of the dust jacket. Minor age toning to the extremities of the pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci id=\"mwBg\"\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Northern Irish author \u003c\/span\u003eMaggie O'Farrell\u003cspan\u003e's debut novel. Published in 2000 by \u003c\/span\u003eHeadline Review\u003cspan\u003e, it garnered 'international acclaim' and won a \u003c\/span\u003eBetty Trask Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"mwFQ\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwFg\"\u003eThe novel centers Alice, a woman who is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomatose\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eafter a suicide attempt. Through shifting timelines and perspectives, it explores the lives of three generations of women: Alice and her sisters Kirsty and Beth, their complex and secretive mother Ann, and their grandmother Elspeth, in whose\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNorth Berwick\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehome they all lived. At the heart of the story is Alice’s relationship with her Jewish romantic partner John, who works in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCanary Wharf\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand is caught in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1996 Docklands bombing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"mwGw\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwHA\"\u003eThe novel was released to 'rapturous reviews' with particular reverence for its 'crystal-clear prose'.  Author Jane Rogers stated, \"This is a love story and a family saga, but the skill with which it is constructed and written gives startling life to these traditional subjects: feelings of love and grief are rarely so well explored.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwJA\"\u003eElizabeth Speller, writing in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci id=\"mwJQ\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, praised the strength of the writing, stating, \"What makes this book remarkable is a luminous use of language and imagery that transforms Alice's world into one of elements and sensations—a universe of light, smell, taste, heat, and sound.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwKw\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econcludes, \"O’Farrell is an astute observer of little behaviours, the telling fidgets and habits of everyday existence, and she's at her best when piecing these together to create a sense of a real life experienced through fiction. The complex structure works beautifully, communicating the shared and interlocking sufferings of the Raikes women through its carefully worked-out layering of narrative lines. Often painful to read, but finally quite satisfying.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie O'Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57951585665406,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/after-youd-gone-maggie-farrell-cover-spine.jpg?v=1788340223","url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/products\/after-youd-gone","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}