{"product_id":"world-after-alice","title":"World After Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Poignant Debut Novel from Lauren Aliza Green — Longlisted for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of Anne Tyler and Claire Lombardo, this deeply moving, sharply written family drama explores grief, secrets, and resilience with wit and heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGlimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight'\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Napolitano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA page turner . . . honest, funny and deeply empathic\u003c\/b\u003e' Charmaine Wilkerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDeeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e' Heat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThis dramatic tragi-comedy takes us right into the head of each character\u003c\/b\u003e' Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePoignant and thought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e' Culturefly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWill make you laugh and moments later choke you up . . . impressively executed\u003c\/b\u003e' Glamour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eSuch a fascinating portrayal of secrets, deceit, the complicated nature of family relationships and societal expectations. I will be recommending this book to everybody I know!'\u003c\/b\u003e 5* Reader Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan and Benji are getting married.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhich comes as a shock to their families . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve years ago, sixteen-year-old Alice Weil, Benji’s sister and Morgan’s best friend, died. No one is quite the same. As Benji and Morgan bring the two families together for the first time since the funeral, they know old wounds have yet to heal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the guests descend on a tranquil New England town, it’s clear that these estranged families won’t come quietly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd in old flames, unexpected new loves, and the sharp secrets some still carry about Alice, and Morgan and Benji wonder not will the marriage last, but will they survive the wedding?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A bouquet of a book: \u003cb\u003ethoughtful, heartfelt, funny, tender, tough and gorgeously\u003c\/b\u003e written. A tremendous new writer' Elizabeth McCracken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003estudy of grief, resilience and surprising joy\u003c\/b\u003e. I know these characters will stay with me' Mary Beth Keane  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Intricately structured and elegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a family drama that pivots between the sweeping and the intimate in seamless, wildly entertaining prose' Catherine Lacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Green writes with a poet’s ear and an impressionist’s eye, and the result is a wise, elegiac novel that is \u003cb\u003eimpossible to put down even after turning the last gorgeous page'\u003c\/b\u003e Bret Anthony Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Truly \u003cb\u003eelegant\u003c\/b\u003e . . . I turned the pages as fast as I could, aching to understand the impossible' Hanna Halperin \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250410606936,"sku":"9781405964005","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405964005.jpg?v=1765678524","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/world-after-alice","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}