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Afterwards by Charlotte Leonard

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A stunning story about love, longing and learning to live again after loss. Utterly immersive, and brimming with exquisite prose, AFTERWARDS is a thought-provoking and powerful debut with a message of hope at its heart.

Published 13 Apr 2023
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About the Book…

A 2023 Tea Leaves and Reads Book Club title – back in stock after popular demand! You can read our five star review here.

This is the story of loss – and what happens afterwards…

When Emma gets home after work one evening, she calls hello to her husband Jay, as she always does. Stepping into the kitchen, she sees he has done the shopping, as she had reminded him to; remembered to buy peppercorns; has bought her flowers. Everything is neatly put away. But Jay is not there.

A photographer, all Jay has left behind is his camera containing five photographs, which are unlike his other work. Emma follows the images to Cornwall, beginning a journey in which old relationships are re-written and new ones are formed. As the visual mystery of each photograph unfolds, Emma finds herself unravelling and perilously close to breaking point. But could her unlikely salvation lie in the sea, a small community of swimmers and the promise of something Emma thought she didn’t want?

About the Author…

Charlotte Leonard is a Writer, Feminist, Mother of Boys and is married to Nils. Afterwards was her debut novel.

Binding

Paperback
Author

Charlotte Leonard
ISBN

9781398509153
Page Count

446
Published

13 Apr 2023
Publisher

Simon & Schuster

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