Do you gravitate towards books with characters overcoming a significant loss?
Thank you, Random House + PRH Audio, for the gifted copy of After Annie {partner}

Genre: Fiction
Format: 🎧
Audiobook Narration: ☆☆☆☆☆
Pub Date: 2.27.2024
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

“You know what bothers me,” Ali said in the car, looking straight ahead through the windshield. “That my father can have another wife, but we can’t ever have another mother.”

I often reach for books with characters trying to overcome a significant loss because they make me pause and reflect on how a loss like that might affect my life. Maybe it’s the idea of mentally and emotionally preparing myself for how I could be impacted or a reminder that I am not alone in my feelings of grief.

I went into After Annie, thinking it would be one of those stories that I would need to take slowly and may need to put down for something light. Because how could a story about a family losing their wife/mother/friend/sister not be too heavy? But, I never once felt heavy with emotion. The author, Anna Quindlen, did an incredible job telling this story without overshadowing the sadness of what happened to Annie Brown.

Don’t get me wrong, it was still sad, but it was more of a look at all the ways we have to grow and change our lives following the death of someone close to us. The different journeys of all the characters felt so realistic that I had to remind myself that After Annie is fictional.

💔 Realistic look at grief
🗣️ Omniscient narrator
💨 Quick read

📌 Addiction, death of a parent, death of a spouse, miscarriage

I recommend reading After Annie only if you are in a good mental and emotional state to handle a novel about losing someone. If you have any questions, please DM me to chat!


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