{"product_id":"after-annie-9780593229804","title":"After Annie","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A wise and heartfelt novel of connection, of loss and love and the power of both.\"--Amy Bloom, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Quindlen's 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 #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStill Life with Bread Crumbs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne True Thing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A new Anna Quindlen novel is always cause for celebration. \u003ci\u003eAfter Annie\u003c\/i\u003e might just be my favorite one yet. It's a beautiful and deeply moving story about love, loss, friendship, marriage, family, and community from one of our wisest chroniclers of modern life. I treasured every page.\"--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eFriends and Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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 Annie's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of the next year what saves them all is Annie, ever-present in their minds, loving but not sentimental, caring but nobody's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in Quindlen's emotionally resonant voice and with her deep and generous understanding of people, \u003ci\u003eAfter Annie \u003c\/i\u003eis about hope, and about the unexpected power of adversity to change us in profound and indelible ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593229804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anna Quindlen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448923390133,"sku":"9780593229804","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_859e2cf7-9ce7-455e-bb08-f625ac879e76.jpg?v=1704214628","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/after-annie-9780593229804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}