- Hardcover: 372 pages
- Publisher: Viking Adult (2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0670894486
- ISBN-13: 978-0670894482
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,925,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully Written,
This review is from: After You'd Gone (Hardcover)
Alice Raikes is both heroine and victim. Just one short year ago she had the life she dreamed of and the love of her life at her side. An act of random terror changes Alice's life forever and subsequently that of her family. As Alice struggles with depression she reaches out to her sisters, Beth and Kirsty, deciding to pay them an impromptu visit in Scotland. Unbeknownst to her sisters Alice witnesses yet another event that shatters her already fragile mind.Rushing home to London Alice steps off a curb into oncoming traffic. An accident or suicide, no one knows for sure. As Alice lays in a coma in a hospital with her family by her side, the secrets from her past unravel. Alice's will to live resurfaces as she is faced with her memories and the voices of her loved ones' reach below the surface of her mind. This is a truly remarkable story. Maggie O'Farrell writes with such emotion I couldn't help but be drawn into the lives of Alice and her mother Ann, her sister's Becky and Kirsty.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Amazing Story.,
By Diane "dianemax" (Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: After You'd Gone (Hardcover)
This book has it all, love, loss, humour and exquisite writing. The full range of emotions are explored and will leave the reader in anticipation of more from this wonderful new writer.Alice Raikes is the key character in the novel. In the opening scene she boards a train bound for Scotland to see her sisters. While at the train station she encounters something horrible, something that will leave leave her changed forever. She returns to London only to be involved in an accident which leaves her in a coma. Through a series of flashbacks we are transported back and forth in time to enter into the lives of Alice, the love of her life~ John, her sisters, her grandmother and of course her mother. The end result is a moving tale that made me laugh at times and cry at others. I loved the character of Alice, her determination and passion for her soul mate was astounding. All true love should feel like this. I did not want this book to end. The story, the characters and the writing were all part of the journey. It was an emotional rollercoaster that I did not want to finish. Maggie O'Farrell is an author to look for. You will not be disappointed. I know that I wasn't.
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was OK.....,
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This review is from: After You'd Gone (Paperback)
I guess after so many great reviews my expectations ran a little high. It was an OK book. It is horrible to think what she must have gone though...and the characters were well developed but, yet, I still would not recommend it to a friend for some reason.
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