{"product_id":"after-annie-2","title":"After Annie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Candid and complex ­– and ultimately quite hopeful’ \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Lombardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Beautiful and deeply moving’ \u003c\/b\u003eJ. Courtney Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A story of abiding hope’ \u003c\/b\u003eMary Beth Keane\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centred their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie’s best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie’s support. It is Annie’s daughter, Ali, forced to try to care for her younger brothers and even her father, who manages to maintain some semblance of their former lives for them all, and who confronts the complicated truths of adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet over the course of the next year, while Annie looms large in their memories, all three are able to grow, to change, even to become stronger and more sure of themselves. The enduring power Annie gave to those who loved her is the power to love, and to go on without her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten in Quindlen’s emotionally resonant voice, and with her deep and generous understanding of people, \u003ci\u003eAfter Annie\u003c\/i\u003e is a story that ends with hope, a beautiful novel about how adversity can change us in profound ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Anna Quindlen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Leaves the reader feeling grateful, wide awake, lucky to be alive’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Simply impossible to forget’ \u003cb\u003eAlice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Qualities and shades of love are this writer's strong suit, and she has the unusual talent for writing about them with so much truth and heart’ \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Jane Howard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Breathtaking... Quindlen writes superbly about families, grief and betrayal. I was completely mesmerised’ \u003cb\u003eLisa Jewell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Engaging, immaculately constructed storytelling’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of our most astute chroniclers of modern life’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Brave and beautiful’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Her storytelling is exemplary’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘With relentless and dazzling brilliance, Quindlen grapples with the lancing pain and the swirls of disorientation experienced by anyone who has loved and lost’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wise, closely observed, achingly eloquent book’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Overwhelmingly moving’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263010820440,"sku":"9781398525214","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781398525214.jpg?v=1778652956","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/after-annie-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}