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I don't know if it's because I'm single, tired, overworked or read it on a plane, but I wept like a baby during certain passages (and got a free vodka from the airline steward because of it). Let go!' After You'd Gone discussion 451 views. ), [whom I feel like they were just there to point out that Alice could not have been Ben’s, People who are satisfied with a good read even if it isn't a great book. I read 165 pages before I gave up. Here is what you need to know about Maggie O'Farrell's, My second read by Ms. O'Farrell (The Hand That First Held Mine being my first) and I just love her. See All Buying Options. A love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at the family's heart. The daily lives of Jimmy, his two kids and his mother in law whilst his wife is in Africa. John's father, one of the few characters whose point of view isn't represented, comes across as a generic ''religious monomaniac'' and could have done with a section of his own. Today she has pulled the weight of her hair away from her face, giving her the appearance of a Spanish niña or a flamenco dancer. Certainly not great. Write a review. Maggie O'Farrell is the author of the Sunday Times no. I tried to love it. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief.A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Are you supposed to give it to someone else?”, “I don't believe in fate. He fished her bag off the floor himself and hurried her into her coat. This book would have gotten five stars if the author hadn't just stopped writing on the last page. Well I’m not sure if this would have made it if I were a stickler to that rule. I do think that O'Farrell did a fairly good job of describing grief via the main character but it wasn't enough for me to love the book. ‘The day she tried to kill herself, she realized winter was coming again.’. The narrative moves back and forth from past to present, from first to third person, and the reflections are not just Alice’s. Certainly not great. A distraught young woman boards a train at King’s Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Alice said, only if you are a tiger. Lemon? “What are you supposed to do with all the love you have for somebody if that person is no longer there? Unfortunately, we don't know what she saw even when she sees it. She laughs and covers his body with her own, burying her nose and mouth in the curve of his neck. Do you suppress it? He has caught its scent before. I wanted to love it. she said levelly, although her heart was hammering in her ribcage. They are a faded brown, striated with the grit and terrain of the pavements he has walked. I'm not a fan of family dramas and here we have not one, not two, but three generations of familial bickering. What happens to all that leftover love? It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief. Kirsty had eaten too much of the pumpkin scrapings and was being administered to somewhere else in the house. The alternating points of view and shifts in time also created a jarring, schizophrenic narrative that reads like a series of vignettes vs. a unified narrative. Ann is shocked by her sudden strength. It's early autumn. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2018. How are ratings calculated? She scared the pious, nervous children next door by roaring at them through the hedge until her mother rapped on the window-pane and shouted at her to stop that at once. Multiple points of view, different periods of time. The water is grey-brown, full of the garden's soil, lifted off her skin. Edition Notes 154,459 Genre Fiction. All positive reviews › Kindle Customer. 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars. I thought that there were moments of brilliance in the newer novel but I never really connected with this one. At its simplest, After You'd Gone is a love story and a moral fable. She is allowed to run along the pavement outside their house to meet him coming home from work in the evening. They kissed for a long time, their fingers entwining. 1 bestselling memoir I am I am I am, and eight novels: After You'd Gone, My Lover's Lover, The Distance Between Us, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Hand That First Held Mine, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, Instructions for a Heatwave, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award, This … Alice struggles in her grasp like a hooked fish. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You'd Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth and marks the debut of a major literary talent. AFTER YOU'D GONE follows Alice's mental journey into how she came to be this way, as she twists together threads of memory in a plot that grips from the outset. In her right hand is a spent match. This book wrecked me. I didn't really have time to read this book. The water drummed into their empty bottoms. The freakish heat dried up the reservoirs, previously unheard-of in Scotland, and she went with her father to a pump at the end of the street to collect water in round white vats. They are blended on the same page. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, BA Hons, English Literature, University of Cambridge, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Quantity available: 1. Maggie O'Farrel is a great discovery - thanks Khay - this book was similar to Esme (which was both impressive and unimpressive - on the one hand, it's amazing to see how someone can be so crafty at developing multiple narratives and plot lines, but then when it happens twice you kind of feel like even something unique can be a formula) in that, without paining the reader (ie, Time Travlers Wife), the author delivers a story that is both captivating and mysterious, the pieces coming to light slowly over the course of the novel in such a way that you find yourself needing to read it twice now that you know what you know. She looks away, out of the window, and sees for the first time the white line made by the plane. 'I just wanted to know what it felt like. We’d love your help. She turns her eyes on him in surprise. The skin of her grandmother's hands feels roughened. She is fascinated by the meandering rivulets that wander through its tread and the weft underneath its heavy black rubber. . A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You’d Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth and marks the debut of a major literary talent. It’s like putting together the pieces of a puzzle and I’m amazed that for me there is never confusion. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief. Too much frenetic time and narrator hopping for my taste. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? 'Don't cover yourself in soil again, will you, Alice?'. I could probably read O’Farrell’s grocery list and be mesmerized—I just can’t keep my eyes off her words. 'Alice Raikes,' he said, 'I'm afraid I'm going to have to kiss you. THe characters seemed to be fairly one dimensional and I never really found myself going beyond indifference with any of them. AFTER YOU'D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O'Farrell, author of HAMNET and I AM, I AM, I AM. The only bit Alice can see of her father is the soles of his shoes. There is something or someone looking out for you -- it's already organised.' The only bit Alice can see of her father is the soles of his shoes. After You’d Gone, Maggie O’Farrell Published 4 May 2010 by Gin Jenny After You’d Gone begins at the end: our protagonist Alice sees something nasty in the woodshed (as it were; it’s not really a woodshed) and shortly thereafter gets hit by a car (possibly on purpose) and lapses into a coma. No hint of a dull start or laborious scene setting. After You'd Gone By MAGGIE O'FARRELL Viking. As they walked out of the door, he pressed her to his side, breathing into her hair. The fire was put out by my mother dousing it with water. I'm still thinking about the ending - I think it is hopeful. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view, After You'd Gone is a novel of stunning psychological depth and marks the debut of a major literary talent. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief. . Alice watches as her father jounces on the tyre, testing to see if it is safe enough for her. ", Maggie O'Farrel is a great discovery - thanks Khay - this book was similar to Esme (which was both impressive and unimpressive - on the one hand, it's amazing to see how someone can be so crafty at developing multiple narratives and plot lines, but then when it happens twice you kind of feel like even something unique can be a formula) in that, without paining the reader (ie, Time Travlers Wife), the author delivers a story that is both captivating and mysterious, the pieces coming to light slow. I don't believe in cushioning your insecurities with a system of belief that tells you 'Don't worry. It twitches in response. Alice's family gathers at her bedside and as they wait, argue, and remember, lo. She is tempted to wake him up. So I gobbled it up in two days! February 26th 2002 The ride begins on line one. The aureoles of her eyes widen in surprise. deceptively small moments that is O'Farrell's winning gift. It has by this time drifted into woolliness. This one was depressing. He reaches over the empty coffee mugs and cups the large knot of hair in his palm. . by Maggie O'Farrell. Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. "Sliding between different levels of consciousness, Alice listens to the conversations around her, and begins sifting through recollections of her past, and of a recently curtailed love affair. The narrative moves back and forth from past to present, from first to third person, and the reflections are not just Alice’s. She nods her head, spraying water over the ceramic sides of the yellow bath. 'Can I have a go now?' ', She touches it herself before saying, 'I often think about getting it all cut off.'. To see what your friends thought of this book, From the beginning I wanted to know what the awful thing was that Alice sees that causes her to leave Scotland so abruptly after just arriving for a family visit. To me, that's tantamount to observing that England isn't very green, or that there is no treasure to be found in The Tower of London, having visited, but completely missed The Jewel House. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. … I read 165 pages before I gav. by Penguin Books. But now it's winter — November, maybe. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London. "It's the depiction of . Hardcover. This is Maggie O’Farrell’s debut novel and the 4th I’ve read by her. In praise of this novel and writer, Colum McCann wrote: NOT A REVIEW OF AFTER YOU'D GONE, WHICH WAS OKAY BUT WENT IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER, You know that rule some people have about reading 50 pages of a book and deciding whether to put it down or continue with it? They are real screams, full of terror. AFTER YOU'D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O'Farrell, author of HAMNET and I AM, I AM, I AM. Then he kissed her, very gently at first. One more to read in 2019. Promise me you won't do it again.'. "After You'd Gone," is a gracefully written novel, fast-paced, yet contemplative - about love, and family and grief. To create our... Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. Granted, the description of the main character's relationship with her husband leaves out the "downs" that accompany the "ups", but you can't help but adore John. Unfortunately, we don't know what she saw even when she sees it. Some kind of shampoo. I almost gave up on this one. I'm not a fan of family dramas and here we have not one, not two, but three generations of familial bickering. Frost, like an angels brooch, melted slowly upon the glass as did my memories, unclear, of days long past. With Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Ryan Sampson, Dani Harmer. It's testament to Maggie O'Farrell's skill as a writer. The foliage rustles and thrashes. 'Do you want another coffee?' Published in 2000 by Headline Review it garnered 'international acclaim' and won a Betty Trask Award. Actually, writing that, I’m not sure exactly which page it was that made me realize I liked this book. They tussle, Alice spitting and snarling until Ann manages to grip both her hands and drags her kicking to the door. John has fallen into a deep sleep. It is possible to identify several common themes in her novels - the relationship between sisters is one, another is loss and the psychological impact of those losses on the lives of her characters. Ann lurches forward and seizes her daughter by the shoulder. Beth looked at the soil and then at her clothes and then at their mother's face in the kitchen window. AFTER YOU'D GONE follows Alice's mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. —The New York Times Book Review, "After You'd Gone is beautifully written contemporary fiction." This is the fourth book I’m read of hers in the past couple of months, which says something, because I like to sit down with a variety of writers. One Hallowe'en, after they had scooped out the soft moss of a pumpkin's innards and scored square eyes and a jagged mouth into its skin, Beth and Alice were left reverently gazing at its flicking, demonic glow. May. Signed. We also get snippets of her mother and grandmother’s lives. The sudden scraped bald patch in the middle of the meanders makes her shudder but she doesn't quite know why. 'That's what holds it together,' the man at the shop had told her. That's not to say I didn't like it, but Maggie O'Farrell manages to create such an intense atmosphere, I felt almost exhausted reading it. Some might find parts of this book melo-dramatic, but I loved it. They are a faded brown, striated with the grit and terrain of the pavements he has walked. . Not once did they ask me what had prompted me to set fire to the curtains. . . The first time he met her, she was standing in the doorway of his office with a book in her hand, and her hair swung at her waist so cleanly that he fancied it almost made a bell-like note. Now she's not sure but it's happening. 'Everyone was an angel once, and this is where our wings would have been.'. A riveting story that skips through time and interweaves multiple points of view. In the summertime she sometimes runs in her nightie, its pale folds catching around her knees. It was as if the pieces of t. You know that rule some people have about reading 50 pages of a book and deciding whether to put it down or continue with it? After You'd Gone follows Alice's mental journey into how she came to be this way, as she twists together threads of memory in a plot that grips from the outset. She twists her head around to see the jutting isosceles triangle of bone flex and retract beneath her skin, as if preparing for celestial flight. 'I think now is probably OK.'. Relationships are often times complex, families many times have secrets that don’t always make life easy especially when trying to keep the secrets from others in the family. Multiple points of view, different periods of time. I will give her second novel a chance, in hopes that some of the issues that I found in this book were corrected in her second novel. I'm sad and shocked.It is that kind of thrillers with no happy end.It is a beautifully written book. ''After You'd Gone'' has its share of flaws -- notably its tendency, at times, to veer off into melodrama. The rhythm of his breathing is that of a deep-sea diver. In the next room she can hear the thrum of her father's voice, talking on the telephone. . She sits in the bath, her hair plastered into dripping spikes, and her grandmother soaps her back and front. on John, and on what she feels for Alice), [(like how will Ben and Ann continue and what will Alice (and Daniel) be like when she wakes up; and did Ann kill Elspeth? Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. After You'd Gone (signed) O'Farrell, Maggie. When I'd finished it last night, I glanced at the rating on Amazon, out of. The ride begins on line one. After You'd Gone. He imagines her that morning brushing the shining mass of her hair before dipping it at the back of her head. After You'd Gone (Book) : O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972- : Alice makes a quick trip to Edinburgh, then on her return to London, steps into the traffic on a busy road and is taken to hospital in a coma. It's all chance and choice, which is far more frightening.”, Maggie O'Farrell: A Reader's Guide - free digital compendium, SOLVED. I really enjoyed Maggie O'Farrell's newest release so I was interested in going back and reading some of her earlier novels. The writing wasn't nearly as wonderful in this book. As a child, Alice took against these curtains. Her father's voice swears. 'John? After you’d gone is about Alice, a young Scottish woman living in London. The curtains in the sitting room of their house were of a heavy dark mauve damask, insulated on the outermost side with a thin membrane of yellowing sponge. [(f.i. She struggled to release both her hands but his grip only tightened. A distraught young woman boards a train at … Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Above average wordcraft but this is the one book of hers that, to me, became a trudge read. Is this what skin looks like when it's dead? I was initially intrigued by the book description where Alice, the youngest of the generations, "witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately." A recent one-line review caught my eye. Her younger sister stood outside the lair and whinged to be let in. The writing wasn't nearly as wonderful in this book. AFTER YOU’D GONE Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Wales and Scotland. The sitting room is filled with smoke and the curtains are on fire. She eases herself out from underneath him and hugs her knees to her chest. 'John! After You'd Gone Maggie O'Farrell, Author Viking Books $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-670-89448-2. She wants to talk. She inhales again. She now lives in London. There are no real breaks for the different time frames and points of view. A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. It was fine writing but not great writing. 'You are absolutely right.'. 'Don't,' John says quickly, 'don't ever cut it off.' It follows a woman named Alice who’s in a coma after stepping into traffic, and her family doesn’t know whether or not it was a suicide attempt. Alice, meanwhile, slides between varying levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a love affair that recently ended. I just didn't feel that the story was rave worthy. The narration confused me a little. Beth hurls herself sobbing at Ann's knees and grips both her legs tightly. I’ve spent most of December reading books of some of my favorite authors that I just hadn’t gotten around to and this was one of them. Authors who love their characters too much – on the next Oprah. Created by Fred Barron. I read it the first time when i was in high school and have re read it a few times ever since. A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Maggie O’Farrell does this phenomenal thing by moving back and forth between different points of views, different times, reminding me of her later books. Accurate in its portrayal of grief. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. It was as if the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle were in front of me, but I didn’t have the faintest idea what the picture was. After you'd gone This edition was published in 2001 by Viking in New York. She tips back her head as far as it will go. After you'd gone. AFTER YOU’D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O’Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM. I wanted to love it. Granted, the description of the main character's relationship with her husband leaves out the "downs" that accompany the "ups", but you can't help but adore John. I made a huge mistake in choosing to read AFTER YOU'D GONE, by Maggie O'Farrell. This was her first novel and, honestly, it read like a first novel. Woman in coma, set in London or Edinburgh [s]. A page-turning read full of mystery, suspense, love and loss, in the most gorgeous, lyrical prose. A distraught young woman boards a train at … Maggie O'Farrell (born 27 May 1972) is an Irish-British novelist. On a particularly bright day that summer, Alice stripped off her clothes, scooped up clods of that earth and smeared it in vivid tiger stripes all over her body. After You'd Gone Maggie O'Farrell [1 decade ago] Descargar Gratis After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell eBooks (PDF, ePub, Mobi) GRATIS, AFTER YOU'D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O'Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM. —The Sunday Times. —The New York Times Book Review"After You'd Gone is beautifully written contemporary fiction." It's testament to Maggie O'Farrell's skill as a writer. Ann runs down the stairs two at a time. He wedged her hand between his knees. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published His head is resting on Alice's sternum. She found it incredibly satisfying to peel away great swatches of the sponge, leaving the mauve material threadbare with light shining through it. A slight woody smell like freshly sharpened pencils. ', 'You're going to have to?' After you'd gone, I watched until the darkness hid you. She shuts all three of her children in the hall and then runs to the kitchen for water. 'Do you think now would be a good time to do it, then? The more they talk, the more they seem to conceal. I loved 'The Hand That First Held Mine' and this has many of the same qualities. Alice's sixth summer was hot and dry. Alice jumped up and down in delight and exhilaration, clapping her hands and shouting. AFTER YOU’D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O’Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM. I just can't say it will leave a lasting impression on me. No hint of a dull start or laborious scene setting. I only read her for the first time last year, I don’t know why I’d never come across her before because she is a wonderful writer. I was initially intrigued by the book description where Alice, the youngest of the generations, "witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately." He was holding on to her hand so tightly that her knucklebones were beginning to hurt. She is gazing at the flames, rapt, her whole body contorted and twisted with delight. Yo begin i must clarify that this is my favorite book of all. He wants to edge along its byways and curves in the dark and wake up in its strands. Comments Showing 1-14 of 14 (14 new) ... We know from the pages that have gone before that all she wants to do is die. . ', She keeps her face serious. I'd forgotten I'd read this book years ago and bought it again, but enjoyed it just as much second time around. She floundered with her other hand for her bag under the table, but encountered only his legs. Half-way between the house and the end of the garden was the vegetable patch where peas, potatoes and beetroot pushed their way up from thick, dark soil. After You’d Gone is her first novel. Their house had a large garden with the kitchen window looking out over the patio and garden so whenever Alice and her sisters were playing outside they could look up and see their mother watching over them. Add to Wish List. A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. She cups her hand over his penis, curled against his leg. Her absorbing characters gracefully circle one another 'round the room like moths at the light bulb,' grazing their wings against life's raw heat instead of being consumed by it." She feels a shout welling like tears in her throat, then the coarse orange rope lowers itself, slightly coiled like a cobra from the branches. Her father winds the orange rope around the tyre and makes a thick, twisted knot. Beyond them, through the window, a plane draws a sheer white line on the sky. 'If you don't let me go we can't leave or make love,' she reasoned. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. She cast a line and reeled me in during the opening paragraph. “It’s the depiction of . Maybe my being underwhelmed about this book was a direct result of having read something more current before reading this. After You'd Gone - Kindle edition by O'Farrell, Maggie. 'Did you know,' says John, 'that someone did a chemical analysis of sugar cubes in café sugar bowls and that they found strong traces of blood, semen, faeces and urine? The soles of the shoes are curved around the branch of a tree at the bottom of their garden. 'I didn't know that, no.'. 'Alice? Sometime after that coffee, John stretched his arms across the table and pressed her head between his hands. I don't know if it's because I'm single, tired, overworked or read it on a plane, but I wept like a baby during certain passages (and got a free vodka from the airline ste. A vague overlay of the cigarette smoke of the café. At the outset, Alice Raikes is suffering from some terrible, unexplained hurt. Most gardening books teach us how to plant or prune, but some of the most enduring also tell us about the author's emotional … And what does her family have to … The groundbreaking debut novel from Maggie O'Farrell, AFTER YOU'D GONE is a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief. Did Alice live or die? —The Sunday Times, "It's the depiction of . After You'd Gone is Northern Irish author Maggie O'Farrell's debut novel. Are you awake?'. She seizes the rope's waxed head in her mittened hand. Her debut novel After You'd Gone received international acclaim and won the Betty Trask Award. It was as if she'd hit her desired word count & literally stopped typing. 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