{"product_id":"after-youd-gone-9780593684795","title":"After You'd Gone","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning, groundbreaking debut novel of wrenching love and grief from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e and National Book Circle Award Winner \u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice 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, \u003ci\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of stunning psychological depth, marking the debut of a major literary talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAGGIE O'FARRELL was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eHamnet \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction), \u003ci\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hand That First Held Mine\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Costa Novel Award), and \u003ci\u003eInstructions for a Heatwave\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written a memoir, \u003ci\u003e I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612562985234,"sku":"9780593684795","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c93a7cb1-948a-49d5-83ce-9857c538ab35.jpg?v=1732375686","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-youd-gone-9780593684795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}