In the Aftermath - by Jane Ward (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After David Herron takes his life in the wake of the bursting lending bubble of 2008, those left behind--his wife and daughter, the detective who investigated the suicide, and the banker who called in the loan--learn, as they struggle to remake their worlds, that there is power in forgiveness and unlimited possibility in the unknown.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When David Herron--overwhelmed and despairing, his family's business and finances in ruin due to the bursting lending bubble of 2008--takes his own life one chilly spring morning, he has no idea the ripple effect his decision will set into motion. <p/> Two years later, his widow, Jules, is now an employee of the bakery she and David used to own--and still full of bitterness over David's lies, perceived cowardice, and ultimate abandonment of her and their now-teenage daughter, Rennie. Rennie, meanwhile, struggles socially at school, resents her work-obsessed mother, and is convinced she's to blame for her father's death. <p/> When Denise, the former police detective who worked (and, due to her own personal struggles at the time, mishandled) David's case, catches sight of Rennie at her sons' school, she's struck by the girl's halo of sadness--and becomes obsessed with attempting to right the wrongs she believes she perpetrated two years ago. <p/> And as all this unfolds in Boston, Daniel, the guilt-ridden young man who, in his old life as a banker, helped create the circumstances that led to David's suicide, continues to punish himself for his sins by living half a life, working odd jobs and bouncing from one US city to another, never staying long enough to make friends or build something lasting. <p/> Ultimately, each of these very different people--all of them tied together by one tragic event--must learn in their own way how to say good-bye to the past and move into a brighter future.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Ward masterfully builds a sense of dread with mundane details in the first section, and the way that she finds significance in moments of ordinary, everyday life is reminiscent of the work of Anne Tyler. This deeply empathetic novel deals sensitively with difficult subjects. . . . An insightful and psychologically astute story of ordinary people moving forward after personal tragedy." <p/>--<i>Kirkus Reviews </i> <p/> <p/>"<i>In the Aftermath</i> is a masterful novel in which a man's suicide leaves indelible marks on those left behind." <p/>--<i>Foreword</i> Clarion Reviews <p/> <p/>"This is an absorbing book, and I cared about every character in it. . . . Jane Ward did an excellent job capturing the upheaval suicide has caused." <p/>-Paula Mikrut, <i>Windy City Reviews</i> <br><br>
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