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Afterlife
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The first adult novel in almost 15 years by the internationally best-selling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves - lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack - but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.
Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including - maybe especially - members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?
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- Karenmarie
- 06-05-20
That's all?
With Butterflies being a life-changing book, I expected more out of this story. It lacked depth and believability for me.
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- Louise
- 29-04-20
Highly recommended
A beautiful, moving story read with such care and tenderness . Loved the relationships in the sisterhood and will take away the thoughts on the afterlife.
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- The Dude
- 01-09-20
Good enough
A well-written story, but not overwhelmingly good. Descriptions of the central character's widowhood are moving. But the resolution of the story is pretty trite.
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- MJ Clausen
- 29-12-20
Loved this book.
Julia Alvarez never disappoints. This story of the widow Antonia navigating family issues with two of her sisters regarding the disappearance of the eldest sister, Izzy, beings home family issues of dealing with mental health issues. She also is involved with an undocumented pregnant teenager with nowhere to turn. This is a thoughtful book with a caring narrator. Alma Cuervo did an excellent job as narrator. For the Taylor Jenkins Reid fans, she was the voice of Evelyn Hugo.
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- Kindle Customer
- 27-04-20
Hooked!
I loved it from beginning to end. it captured a small glimpse of real life.
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- Physalia
- 01-11-20
still thinking about main character
short novella. well written. meaningful story leave you pondering about life
situations, and issues surrounding us
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- Damarys Reyes Geronimo
- 20-08-20
Another grear book!
Glad to have read another great book by Julia Alvarez. Mental health is serious so happy to see a story where it is addressed
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- Lenore
- 26-04-21
Pick a Lane, Ms. Alvarez
While the writing is fairly decent, this was an extremely frustrating read. What story was the author trying to tell? Was it about the grief experienced after the sudden death of a spouse? the danger faced by undocumented immigrants? her older sister's mental illness? the plight of a pregnant teenager? the climate crisis? complicated family relationships? Ms. Alvarez touches on all of these, and then goes absolutely nowhere with any of them.
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- lindsey b.
- 29-08-21
Good story, awful narrator
The story was good enough to keep my attention, but the narrator was awful. No line breaks, barely any change in pace/tone/etc. It was really hard to listen to. Wish I would have read the hard copy….
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- just asking for some common sense
- 26-04-22
This book hooked me completely
I absolutely got hooked in this book early on, totally unexpectedly. I chose it because it had a misleading title, and loved it because it gave me so many feelings. Antonia is newly retired, newly widowed, and newly involved in a situation with a pregnant Mexican teenager. Antonia has 3 sisters and one goes missing. Things are going on big time.
There's a lot going on for one book, and I read a couple of reviews that complain that it is all over the place. That was partly what hooked me - rarely in life do things happen serially. It felt real because it was so much at once.
I had so many feelings about this book, all the way through. I listened to it quickly because I needed to know what would happen next. I had to wait until the next day to start anything new.
The narration was excellent and I highly recommend this book.
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- Colin J. Herd
- 03-03-21
Gorgeous writing
I adored this poetic, rich, dazzling novel about seeing “what love can do” in the face of loss, grief and governmental brutality.
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