After You'd Gone
After You'd Gone
Author: Maggie O'Farrell
Desc: 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. A few hours later Alice is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. Alice's family gathers at her bedside and as they wait argue and remember long-buried tensions emerge. The more they talk the more they seem to conceal. Alice meanwhile slides between varying levels of consciousness recalling her past and a love affair that recently ended. 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.