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Title: After YouAuthor: Julie Buxbaum
Publication Date: August 25
The complexities of friendship. The unraveling of a neglected marriage. And the redemptive power of literature...Julie Buxbaum, the acclaimed author of The Opposite of Love, delivers a powerful, gloriously written novel about love, family, and the secrets we hide from each other, and ourselves.
On a cobblestone street in Notting Hill, Ellie Lerner's life-long best friend, Lucy, is stabbed to death in front of her eight-year-old daughter. Ellie, of course, drops everything - her job, her marriage, her life in the Boston suburbs - and travels to London to pick up the pieces of the life Lucy has left behind. While Lucy's husband, Greg copes with his grief by retreating to the pub, eight-year-old Sophie has simply stopped speaking.
Desperate to help Sophie, Ellie turns to a book that gave her comfort as a child, The Secret Garden. As the two spend hours exploring the novel, its story of hurt, magic and healing blooms around them. But so, too, do the secrets Lucy kept hidden, even from her best friend. As Ellie peels back the layers of her friend's life, she's forced to confront her own as well - the marriage she left behind, the loss she'd hoped to escape, and the elusiveness of the place we choose to call home.
A novel that will resonate in the heart of anyone who's had a best friend, a love lost, or a past full of regrets, AFTER YOU proves once again the unique and compelling talent of Julie Buxbaum. (From the author's website)
This sounds like a fantastic read and what a great cover.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a very powerful book. I hope you enjoy it when you get around to reading it. :)
ReplyDeleteThis has been on my TBR list for a few months now. Good pick. Here are mine: (1) (2)
ReplyDeletesounds sad, but an eye-opening one of sorts. look forward to your review after you get it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great book! Since the Secret garden was mentioned I have to say that I'm currently listening to that book on audio :)
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