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The afterpains / Anna Julia Stainsby.
Gorgeous and perceptive, 'The Afterpains' is a heartbreaking debut novel about two families trying to cope with grief, isolation, and living far from one's homeland -- told in the voices of four distinct narrators.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039006942 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 254 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Random House of Canada, 2024.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. Love > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Stain | 31681010363026 | FICTION | Available | - |
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"Gorgeous and perceptive, The Afterpains is a heartbreaking portrait of two families trying to cope with grief, isolation, and living far from one's homeland--told in the voices of four distinct narrators. Twenty years after the death of her infant daughter, Rosy still feels--acutely--all that she's lost. But she's determined to try to lay her grief to rest, desperate to repair the connections to the family she does have: her husband, Desmond, and her nineteen-year-old son, Eddie. At the same time, Isaura is shattered after learning that her teenage daughter, Mivi, is pregnant. Haunted by a centuries-long curse with roots in her homeland of Honduras, a curse which has subjected all the young women in Isaura's family to teenage motherhood and the untimelydeath of the men they loved, Isaura is devastated to find out that her daughter, even after moving thousands of miles away from Pespire to Toronto, has still not been spared. Soon, Rosy and Isaura, essentially strangers, become connected in a way neitherof them could predict. As they try to look to the future, both theirs and their children's, they struggle to put the past behind them--all while Eddie and Mivi contend with the weight of their mothers' pain and guilt. Tender and compassionate, The Afterpains is a moving debut novel on motherhood, grief, identity, and belonging"-- - Random House, Inc.
LONGLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD
âPowerful and unrelenting prose.... I loved this book.â âReema Patel, author of Such Big Dreams
Gorgeous and compelling, The Afterpains is a heartbreaking portrait of two families trying to cope with grief, isolation, and living far from one's homelandâtold in the voices of four distinct narrators.
Nearly twenty years after the death of her infant daughter, Rosy is still reeling from all that she's lost. Desperate to repair the connections to the family she does haveâher husband, Desmond, and her eighteen-year-old son, Eddieâshe's determined to lay her grief to rest by the twentieth anniversary of her daughterâs death.
At the same time, Isaura dreads what may be coming for her teenage daughter, Mivi. For centuries in her homeland of Honduras, the young women in Isaura's family have been subjected to a curse of teenage motherhood and the untimely death of the men they loved. But even after moving thousands of miles away from Pespire to Toronto, Isaura fears that her daughter will not be spared.
Soon, Rosy and Isaura, essentially strangers, become connected in a way neither of them could predict. As they try to look to their future and their childrenâs, they struggle to put the past behind themâall while Eddie and Mivi contend with the weight of their mothersâ pain and guilt.
Tender and compassionate, The Afterpains is a moving debut novel on motherhood, grief, identity, and belonging.
