Large Print Book
After Annie [text (large print)] : a novel / Anna Quindlen.
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on Annie for support through addiction and recovery. Annie's daughter discovers disturbing truths about life in a small town, including at her new best friend's house, where she stumbles upon a dangerous secret. These and other characters reconfigure their lives and learn how to go on, after Annie"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593861844 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 356 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Simultaneously published in standard print format: New York : Random House, 2024. |
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Mothers > Death > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Wives > Death > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Large print books. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | LP FIC Quind | 31681010362168 | LARGEPT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After Annie Brown dies suddenly, her family and her best friend struggle to maintain their lives and eventually discover that they are able to grow, change and become stronger due to their memories and the lasting power of love. (general fiction). Simultaneous. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âPart of Quindlenâs gift is that you donât just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love.ââPeople (A Book of the Week Pick)
â[A] quietly revelatory and gently gleaming gem of a book.ââThe New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ Choice)
Anna Quindlenâs trademark wisdom on family, friendship, and the ties that bind us are at the center of this novel about the power of love to transcend loss and triumph over adversity, by the author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs and One True Thing.
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives. Bill is overwhelmed without his beloved wife, and Annemarie wrestles with the bad habits her best friend had helped her overcome. And Ali, the eldest of Annieâs children, has to grow up overnight, to care for her younger brothers and even her father and to puzzle out for herself many of the mysteries of adult life.
Over the course of the next year what saves them all is Annie, ever-present in their minds, loving but not sentimental, caring but nobodyâs fool, a voice in their heads that is funny and sharp and remarkably clear. The power she has given to those who loved her is the power to go on without her. The lesson they learn is that no one beloved is ever truly gone.
Written in Quindlenâs emotionally resonant voice and with her deep and generous understanding of people, After Annie is about hope, and about the unexpected power of adversity to change us in profound and indelible ways.
