Description: "When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on Annie for support through addiction and recovery. Annie's daughter discovers disturbing truths about life in a small town, including at her new best friend's house, where she stumbles upon a dangerous secret. These and other characters reconfigure their lives and learn how to go on, after Annie"--
Review Quotes: "Part of Quindlen's gift is that you don't just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love."--People, A Book of the Week Pick
"[A] quietly revelatory and gently gleaming gem of a book."--The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "A new Anna Quindlen novel is always cause for celebration. After Annie might just be my favorite one yet. It's a beautiful and deeply moving story about love, loss, friendship, marriage, family, and community from one of our wisest chroniclers of modern life. I treasured every page."--J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers "The characters in After Annie are flawed, just as each of us is flawed, and as they fumble through their grief, as they make mistakes, their lives feel so authentically lived in that I'd swear I've known them my whole life. And how I rooted for them! In Quindlen's hands, a story about the greatest of losses becomes a story of abiding hope above all. I predict this will be one of the best novels of the year."--Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes "After Annie is a novel about loss--and yet its pages are full of life and heart. With her deft interiority and spot-on depiction of the small moments that bring characters to life, Anna Quindlen tells a family story that's at once candid and complex--and ultimately quite hopeful."--Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had "After Annie is Anna Quindlen's new wise and heartfelt novel of connection, of loss and love and the power of both. It celebrates the friends and family we have, mourns our great and small losses, and helps us find the unexpected light in the dark places we all have."--Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss "A master of exploring human frailty and resilience in the face of domestic tragedy, best-selling Anna Quindlen plumbs the depths of Annie's survivors' individual and collective grief in scenes that are both subtle and sharp. Exquisite in its sensitivity, breathtaking in its compassion, Quindlen's exploration of loss and renewal will provoke both weeping and wonder."--Booklist (starred review)"Affecting . . . The lesson Quindlen offers is universal and incontrovertible: love and memories are powerful antidotes to grief. . . . Another acute portrait of family life from a virtuoso of the form."--Publishers Weekly "Throughout her career, Quindlen's fiction and nonfiction alike have showcased her attention to detail and ability to weave compelling narratives from the common experiences that comprise life. After Annie is a heartfelt, nuanced portrait of life after loss."--BookPage "Well-drawn characters and sharp observations keep the reader engaged. . . . An emotionally satisfying, absorbing story."--Kirkus Reviews