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The Aftermath: A Novel
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The Aftermath: A Novel
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The Aftermath: A Novel

Written by Rhidian Brook

Narrated by Leighton Pugh

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1946, post-World War II Hamburg. While thousands wander the rubble, lost and homeless, Colonel Lewis Morgan, charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the denazification of its defeated people, is stationed in a grand house on the River Elbe. He is awaiting the arrival of his wife, Rachael-still grieving for their eldest son-and their only surviving son, Edmund. But rather than force the owners of the house, a German widower and his rebellious daughter, out onto the streets, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged atmosphere, both parents and children will be forced to confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal, to their deepest desires, their fiercest loyalties, and the transforming power of forgiveness.

This courageous new novel from award-winning author Rhidian Brook tells an emotionally riveting story of two families, one house, and love grown from hate.

Editor's Note

Haunting…

A haunting look at Germany in the immediate aftermath of World War II, following families trying to fit back together after the fighting has stopped. The movie version stars Keira Knightley.

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Release dateSep 17, 2013
ISBN9780804149495
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The Aftermath: A Novel
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Rhidian Brook

Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction. His first novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, won several prizes including The Somerset Maugham Award. His third, The Aftermath, is an international bestseller and has been translated into twenty-five languages and made into a major motion picture. He has written for television and the screen and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Thought For The Day. He once had a job selling butterflies in glass cases.

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    I've never read Russell Banks' Affliction, but this book reminded me a lot of Banks' The Sweet Hereafter. (In fact, I could have sworn I saw the comparison somewhere, but endless Googling tells me I must be crazy. I probably saw Banks' name and linked it to his other novel.) Shawver's novel seemed like a more modern telling of The Sweet Hereafter, which explores a town's emotions after a bus crash kills or injuries many of their children. In Aftermath, the town boys are divided and fight in a local restaurant's parking lot until one boy is critically injured. The book is told from two different points of view - the restaurant manager's, and the injured boy's mother. I love how diplomatically Shawver presents both POVs, so at times you're on each character's side, hating the other. He makes it very hard to pick sides in the way you traditionally would when reading such a news story, because he delves into the characters and makes them seem completely real. Each time I'd end a chapter, I'd convince myself to read just one more. It was very compelling.

    I'm still rolling the resolution around in my head. It didn't come out of the blue, but I think there could have been a little more foreshadowing, or even just a few details stressed more in the beginning that would have made it seem like less of a jump. As it was, the resolution didn't shock me either way - I wasn't disappointed by it, but it didn't really "resolve" things like I thought it would. Still a great book, one I will re-read.